EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · US6000BA3F

Magnitude 2.8 25 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas

Thursday, August 6, 2020, 9:02:38 AM Central · 2020-08-06 14:02:38 UTC

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake 25 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas on August 6, 2020 at 9:02 AM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Reeves County area.

It is one of 194 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 3 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.6.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.1 km away and operated by Rattler Midstream Operating LLC; together they hold 201,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

3 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 24,535 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.8
ML, reviewed
5.0
km deep · 16,405 ft
3
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
194
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
301
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
31.1104, -103.2775
County area
Reeves County
On a map
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Catalog
USGS event page ↗

Around it in time and space

M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Aug 5, 2020, 12:14 PM3.04.8 km5.0 km
Aug 3, 2020, 9:52 AM2.44.4 km5.0 km
Jul 22, 2020, 12:01 PM3.16 km5.0 km
Aug 22, 2020, 2:37 AM2.47.2 km4.5 km
Aug 25, 2020, 6:45 AM2.58.2 km5.0 km
May 21, 2020, 6:50 AM3.06.1 km5.0 km
Oct 28, 2020, 2:42 AM2.67.8 km5.0 km
Nov 6, 2020, 1:37 PM3.22.7 km2.6 km
Nov 6, 2020, 3:06 PM3.11.4 km1.9 km
Nov 25, 2020, 8:30 AM2.94 km3.0 km
Apr 15, 2020, 10:58 PM3.05.7 km5.0 km
Nov 29, 2020, 3:20 AM3.65.4 km5.0 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.6 on Nov 29, 2020.

Injection wells within 10 km

RRC UIC MASTER · ACTIVE PERMITS

Proximity is not attribution. The wells are listed because the question is always asked; whether any of them is connected to this event is for the RRC's seismic response review, not this page. 3 of these report daily to TexNet: 24.5K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Lindsay #1DRattler Midstream Operating LLC0001188802.1 km10,0006,000–8,100
Lucas 23 #2SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001127452.8 km12,0005,250–6,900
Coyote 48 #2SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001109253.1 km20,0005,250–6,900
Coyote 48 #1SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001078653.2 km15,0005,250–6,900
Red Horse "29" #1WShenandoah Petroleum Corporation0000983283.4 km1,5005,250–5,392
Lucas 23 #1SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001127443.6 km12,0006,020–6,405
Coyote 48 #3SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001109263.9 km20,0005,250–6,900
WBR 18 #1SWVTX Energy Operating, LLC0001136364 km20,0005,500–7,500
Gillespie #1Vaquero Operating0000812624.4 km5,0005,350–5,990
Hawg SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001059295 km20,0005,200–8,000
Chaparral "B" #1Blue Arrow Operating, LLC0000646086.3 km5005,221–5,241
Belle SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001144316.4 km15,0005,360–6,860
Zauk 39 #1SWRattler Midstream Operating LLC0001122787.2 km20,0005,350–8,000
Elizabeth SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001155857.6 km15,0005,225–7,000
Thompson SWD #2Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001084427.7 km15,0005,230–7,350

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About this data

Event us6000ba3f from the USGS earthquake catalog, located by the network its id names and refreshed daily. Nearby wells from the RRC UIC well master and permit coordinates; daily volumes from the TexNet injection reporting tool.

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