EARTHQUAKES · KENT AREA · US7000CF5P
Magnitude 3.5 21 km N of Snyder, Texas
Saturday, November 14, 2020, 10:27:02 PM Central · 2020-11-15 04:27:02 UTC
A magnitude 3.5 earthquake 21 km N of Snyder, Texas on November 14, 2020 at 10:27 PM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Kent County area.
It is one of 90 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 1 km away and operated by Occidental Permian Ltd.; together they hold 146,134 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M3.5
- MWR, reviewed
- 5.0
- km deep · 16,405 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 90
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 132
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 32.9113, -100.8806
- County area
- Kent County
- On a map
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- USGS event page ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 31, 2021, 10:52 PM | 2.7 | 5 km | 5.0 km |
| Feb 7, 2021, 7:06 AM | 2.8 | 1.8 km | 5.0 km |
| Feb 11, 2021, 5:04 AM | 2.9 | 5.4 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 17, 2021, 10:03 AM | 2.4 | 3.1 km | 5.7 km |
| May 21, 2021, 11:26 PM | 2.0 | 6.4 km | 4.1 km |
| May 22, 2021, 12:20 AM | 2.1 | 5.6 km | 6.5 km |
| May 30, 2021, 7:41 AM | 2.1 | 0.7 km | 3.9 km |
| May 31, 2021, 5:49 AM | 2.1 | 0.8 km | 4.4 km |
| Jun 16, 2021, 9:56 PM | 2.0 | 9.7 km | 5.4 km |
| Jul 4, 2021, 1:33 PM | 2.1 | 1.4 km | 3.3 km |
| Mar 13, 2020, 8:09 PM | 3.0 | 5.9 km | 5.0 km |
| Aug 3, 2021, 9:26 AM | 2.2 | 9.7 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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6196 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022933 | 1 km | 3,500 | 6,827–6,913 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6173 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022924 | 1.3 km | 13,000 | 6,200–8,400 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6190 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022932 | 1.3 km | 1,134 | 6,857–6,900 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6157 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022912 | 1.5 km | 3,500 | 6,841–6,936 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6158 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022913 | 1.6 km | 13,000 | 5,000–8,400 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6433 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000114631 | 1.8 km | 10,000 | 6,500–7,300 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6381A | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000092890 | 2 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6169 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000022921 | 2.1 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6425 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000107845 | 2.1 km | 13,000 | 6,200–7,500 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6378 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000049578 | 2.1 km | 13,000 | 6,200–7,200 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6147 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000049579 | 2.1 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6122 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000074933 | 2.1 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6409 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000095621 | 2.1 km | 13,000 | 6,200–7,200 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6353 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000096163 | 2.2 km | 13,000 | 6,200–7,000 |
| Cogdell Canyon Reef Unit #6354 | Occidental Permian Ltd. | 000079533 | 2.3 km | 10,000 | 6,300–7,000 |
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About this data
Event us7000cf5p 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/us7000cf5p, documented in the API reference.