EARTHQUAKES · TEXNET · US6000BBCH
Magnitude 2.3 6 km NNE of Irving, Texas
Sunday, August 9, 2020, 1:33:47 AM Central · 2020-08-09 06:33:47 UTC
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake 6 km NNE of Irving, Texas on August 9, 2020 at 1:33 AM Central, 6.0 km deep.
It is one of 4 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.0.
No active injection or disposal well is permitted within 10 km.
- M2.3
- MB_LG, reviewed
- 6.0
- km deep · 19,555 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 4
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 0
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 33
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 32.8648, -96.9154
- County area
- Outside any county's permit footprint
- 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.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2017, 11:27 AM | 2.1 | 2.3 km | 4.2 km |
| Aug 25, 2017, 6:41 AM | 3.0 | 2.9 km | 5.0 km |
| Apr 29, 2026, 10:10 AM | 2.2 | 2 km | 8.8 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.0 on Aug 25, 2017.
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.
No active injection or disposal well is permitted within 10 km of the epicenter.
About this data
Event us6000bbch 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.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/earthquakes/tx/events/us6000bbch, documented in the API reference.