EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · US6000BIXU
Magnitude 2.4 31 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
Saturday, August 22, 2020, 2:37:57 AM Central · 2020-08-22 07:37:57 UTC
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake 31 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas on August 22, 2020 at 2:37 AM Central, 4.5 km deep, in the Reeves County area.
It is one of 107 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.5.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.7 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC; together they hold 237,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.4
- ML, reviewed
- 4.5
- km deep · 14,666 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 107
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 151
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.0530, -103.3130
- County area
- Reeves 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2020, 6:45 AM | 2.5 | 2 km | 5.0 km |
| Aug 6, 2020, 9:02 AM | 2.8 | 7.2 km | 5.0 km |
| Oct 28, 2020, 2:42 AM | 2.6 | 2.8 km | 5.0 km |
| Nov 6, 2020, 1:37 PM | 3.2 | 8 km | 2.6 km |
| Nov 6, 2020, 3:06 PM | 3.1 | 5.9 km | 1.9 km |
| May 21, 2020, 6:50 AM | 3.0 | 9.5 km | 5.0 km |
| Apr 15, 2020, 10:58 PM | 3.0 | 3.7 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 23, 2020, 6:10 PM | 3.0 | 6.7 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 23, 2020, 4:04 AM | 2.9 | 5.5 km | 5.0 km |
| Jan 29, 2021, 1:15 AM | 2.5 | 6.4 km | 2.6 km |
| Mar 5, 2020, 7:10 AM | 2.7 | 8.9 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 5, 2020, 3:26 AM | 2.5 | 5.5 km | 5.0 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.5 on Nov 15, 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.
Disposal in Reeves County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event us6000bixu 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/us6000bixu, documented in the API reference.