EARTHQUAKES · KENT AREA · US6000DDKA
Magnitude 2.7 25 km N of Snyder, Texas
Sunday, January 31, 2021, 10:52:38 PM Central · 2021-02-01 04:52:38 UTC
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake 25 km N of Snyder, Texas on January 31, 2021 at 10:52 PM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Kent County area.
It is one of 77 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.0.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.8 km away and operated by Occidental Permian Ltd.; together they hold 173,634 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.7
- MB_LG, reviewed
- 5.0
- km deep · 16,405 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 77
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 92
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 32.9460, -100.9149
- County area
- Kent 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 7, 2021, 7:06 AM | 2.8 | 4.3 km | 5.0 km |
| Feb 11, 2021, 5:04 AM | 2.9 | 1.3 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 17, 2021, 10:03 AM | 2.4 | 6.6 km | 5.7 km |
| Nov 14, 2020, 10:27 PM | 3.5 | 5 km | 5.0 km |
| May 21, 2021, 11:26 PM | 2.0 | 4.1 km | 4.1 km |
| May 22, 2021, 12:20 AM | 2.1 | 4.2 km | 6.5 km |
| May 30, 2021, 7:41 AM | 2.1 | 4.4 km | 3.9 km |
| May 31, 2021, 5:49 AM | 2.1 | 4.3 km | 4.4 km |
| Jun 16, 2021, 9:56 PM | 2.0 | 9.8 km | 5.4 km |
| Jul 4, 2021, 1:33 PM | 2.1 | 4 km | 3.3 km |
| Nov 21, 2021, 9:11 AM | 2.4 | 6.4 km | 5.4 km |
| Dec 1, 2021, 12:51 PM | 2.0 | 1 km | 6.5 km |
Largest nearby on record: M4.0 on Sep 30, 2019.
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 Kent County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event us6000ddka 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/us6000ddka, documented in the API reference.