EARTHQUAKES · ECTOR AREA · US7000GHTW
Magnitude 2.0 10 km NNE of Odessa, Texas
Friday, February 4, 2022, 2:41:22 AM Central · 2022-02-04 08:41:22 UTC
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 10 km NNE of Odessa, Texas on February 4, 2022 at 2:41 AM Central, 2.5 km deep, in the Ector County area.
It is one of 106 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 10 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.6.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.6 km away and operated by Owl SWD Operating, LLC; together they hold 202,600 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
17 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 44,571 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.0
- MB_LG, reviewed
- 2.5
- km deep · 8,203 ft
- 10
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 106
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 399
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.9316, -102.3162
- County area
- Ector County
- On a map
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Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2022, 12:57 AM | 3.0 | 0.7 km | 8.4 km |
| Feb 1, 2022, 8:06 PM | 2.5 | 2 km | 5.3 km |
| Feb 7, 2022, 6:19 AM | 2.7 | 1.1 km | 5.0 km |
| Feb 7, 2022, 12:52 PM | 2.1 | 1.3 km | 7.8 km |
| Jan 31, 2022, 3:36 AM | 2.7 | 5.5 km | 8.7 km |
| Jan 30, 2022, 12:14 AM | 2.5 | 1.9 km | 8.3 km |
| Jan 29, 2022, 3:29 PM | 2.3 | 1.1 km | 8.1 km |
| Jan 28, 2022, 12:21 PM | 3.1 | 2 km | 8.2 km |
| Jan 25, 2022, 4:05 PM | 2.6 | 2 km | 7.7 km |
| Jan 25, 2022, 1:18 AM | 2.7 | 1.6 km | 7.8 km |
| Jan 11, 2022, 8:32 PM | 2.2 | 1.5 km | 7.1 km |
| Jan 8, 2022, 3:53 AM | 2.3 | 5.6 km | 8.0 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.6 on Oct 26, 2021.
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. 17 of these report daily to TexNet: 44.6K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parks Bell SWD #4101 | Owl SWD Operating, LLC | 000106396 | 2.6 km | 20,000 | 4,900–5,600 |
| Headlee Devonian Unit #63 | Chevron U. S. A. Inc. | 000039662 | 2.7 km | 5,000 | 5,032–5,376 |
| Ratliff A #3201 | COG Operating LLC | 000101348 | 3.2 km | 15,000 | 5,000–5,600 |
| Pintail West 30 #1D | Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc. | 000126553 | 5.7 km | 30,000 | 4,035–6,490 |
| Ratliff Ranch 'A' #5A | Slant Operating, LLC | 000116242 | 5.9 km | 10,000 | 6,250–7,000 |
| Holifield #1 | Direct Midstream LLC | 000102300 | 6 km | 15,000 | 4,000–6,000 |
| Ratliff 'F' #1 | Slant Operating, LLC | 000113121 | 6.2 km | 10,000 | 5,290–7,190 |
| DJK 48 SWD #1 | Deep Blue Operating I LLC | 000114255 | 6.3 km | 24,000 | 4,600–7,100 |
| Ratliff A #3004SW | COG Operating LLC | 000111129 | 6.3 km | 24,000 | 5,129–6,091 |
| Ratliff, S. W., -A- #13 J | Slant Operating, LLC | 000102703 | 7 km | 3,000 | 4,849–5,060 |
| Ratliff A #1903 | COG Operating LLC | 000104207 | 7.4 km | 15,000 | 4,900–5,600 |
| Hooper SWD #1 | Deep Blue Operating I LLC | 000108124 | 7.6 km | 20,000 | 4,800–5,900 |
| Whittenburg #2200SW | Permian Resources Operating, LLC | 000101188 | 8 km | 10,000 | 5,150–5,550 |
| Gist -C- #515W | Aghorn Operating, Inc. | 000046183 | 8.2 km | 1,000 | 4,456–4,570 |
| Gist -C- #511W | Aghorn Operating, Inc. | 000043176 | 8.3 km | 600 | 4,240–4,516 |
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About this data
Event us7000ghtw 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/us7000ghtw, documented in the API reference.