EARTHQUAKES · HEMPHILL AREA · US6000BGGE
Magnitude 2.4 16 km SSW of Higgins, Texas
Tuesday, August 18, 2020, 4:58:23 AM Central · 2020-08-18 09:58:23 UTC
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake 16 km SSW of Higgins, Texas on August 18, 2020 at 4:58 AM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Hemphill County area.
It is one of 2 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; this is the largest of them.
No active injection or disposal well is permitted within 10 km.
- M2.4
- MB_LG, reviewed
- 5.0
- km deep · 16,405 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 2
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 0
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 13
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 35.9948, -100.1129
- County area
- Hemphill County
- On a map
- Google Maps ↗
- Catalog
- USGS event page ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2023, 5:26 AM | 2.1 | 4 km | 7.0 km |
Largest nearby on record: M2.1 on Sep 19, 2023.
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.
Disposal in Hemphill County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event us6000bgge 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/us6000bgge, documented in the API reference.