EARTHQUAKES · MARION AREA · US6000E1Q3
Magnitude 2.5 10 km SW of Mooringsport, Louisiana
Thursday, April 15, 2021, 12:13:58 AM Central · 2021-04-15 05:13:58 UTC
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake 10 km SW of Mooringsport, Louisiana on April 15, 2021 at 12:13 AM Central, 15.7 km deep, in the Marion County area.
No other M2+ events have been located within 10 km of this spot.
8 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 4.7 km away and operated by Colorado-Swanson Lndng Oil&gas; together they hold 63,290 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.5
- MB_LG, reviewed
- 15.7
- km deep · 51,512 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 8
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 31
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 32.6277, -94.0489
- County area
- Marion County
- On a map
- Google Maps ↗
- Catalog
- USGS event page ↗
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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Greer #1 | Colorado-Swanson Lndng Oil&gas | 000093740 | 4.7 km | 300 | 2,315–2,355 |
| Lou-Tex #3 | Wilcox Operating Corporation | 000074172 | 4.7 km | 3,000 | 2,358–2,380 |
| Taylor, T. J. #7 | MJ Energy Company, LLC | 000105096 | 7.2 km | 1,500 | 2,420–2,445 |
| Rudd, W. L. -B- #2 | Landmark Drilling, L.L.C. | 000089800 | 7.8 km | 90 | 2,382–2,392 |
| Huhn SWD #1 | Brookston Energy, Inc. | 000095040 | 8.1 km | 10,000 | 3,600–3,770 |
| Snider Industries #2 | Trinity Operating (Usg), LLC | 000124637 | 8.3 km | 24,000 | 6,650–7,750 |
| Snider Industries #1 | Trinity Operating (Usg), LLC | 000124636 | 8.3 km | 24,000 | 6,650–7,750 |
| Gulf "E" #1A | Fossil Energy, Inc. | 000005936 | 9.5 km | 400 | 935–1,030 |
Disposal in Marion County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event us6000e1q3 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/us6000e1q3, documented in the API reference.