EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · US6000DCU8
Magnitude 2.5 25 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas
Friday, January 29, 2021, 1:15:25 AM Central · 2021-01-29 07:15:25 UTC
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake 25 km SW of Coyanosa, Texas on January 29, 2021 at 1:15 AM Central, 2.6 km deep, in the Reeves County area.
It is one of 170 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.6.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.5 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC; together they hold 201,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.5
- ML, reviewed
- 2.6
- km deep · 8,695 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 170
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 220
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.0836, -103.2560
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 21, 2021, 9:51 AM | 2.8 | 8.2 km | 5.0 km |
| Feb 21, 2021, 2:13 PM | 2.3 | 6.7 km | 4.2 km |
| Mar 7, 2021, 2:32 AM | 2.0 | 7.7 km | 4.0 km |
| Dec 17, 2020, 4:23 AM | 3.3 | 6.4 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 17, 2021, 1:51 AM | 2.8 | 7.2 km | 4.7 km |
| Mar 19, 2021, 6:50 PM | 2.5 | 8.4 km | 3.7 km |
| Nov 29, 2020, 4:44 AM | 2.5 | 8.3 km | 5.0 km |
| Nov 29, 2020, 3:20 AM | 3.6 | 8 km | 5.0 km |
| Nov 25, 2020, 8:30 AM | 2.9 | 7.2 km | 3.0 km |
| Nov 6, 2020, 3:06 PM | 3.1 | 2.9 km | 1.9 km |
| Nov 6, 2020, 1:37 PM | 3.2 | 2.1 km | 2.6 km |
| Apr 27, 2021, 8:50 PM | 2.9 | 8.9 km | 4.0 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.
Disposal in Reeves County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event us6000dcu8 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/us6000dcu8, documented in the API reference.