Magnitude 2.6 38 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas

Wednesday, June 7, 2023, 8:03:27 PM Central · 2023-06-08 01:03:27 UTC

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake 38 km SSW of Los Ybanez, Texas on June 7, 2023 at 8:03 PM Central, 1.9 km deep, in the Martin County area.

It is one of 231 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M5.1.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.7 km away and operated by Stonehill Martin, LLC; together they hold 307,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

28 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 220,257 barrels a day in September 2026.

M2.6: MB_LG, reviewed
1.9: km deep · 6,234 ft
1: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
231: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
1,071: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 32.4148, -102.1104
County area: Martin 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
Jun 8, 2023, 11:25 AM	2.0	3.2 km	10.9 km
Jun 9, 2023, 9:33 PM	2.4	3.8 km	10.6 km
Jun 1, 2023, 4:03 PM	2.3	1.9 km	7.2 km
Jun 29, 2023, 10:28 AM	2.5	3.1 km	7.8 km
Jun 30, 2023, 10:11 PM	2.5	3.4 km	7.9 km
Jul 12, 2023, 6:37 AM	2.6	3.8 km	9.3 km
May 2, 2023, 6:10 PM	2.0	3.1 km	11.2 km
Apr 15, 2023, 10:59 PM	2.1	7.9 km	8.6 km
Aug 1, 2023, 11:44 AM	2.0	9.6 km	6.2 km
Apr 6, 2023, 9:00 PM	2.1	4.3 km	8.4 km
Aug 19, 2023, 5:19 PM	2.2	4.7 km	11.5 km
Aug 21, 2023, 11:11 PM	3.4	8.1 km	10.6 km

Largest nearby on record: M5.1 on Sep 17, 2024.

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. 28 of these report daily to TexNet: 220K bbl/d in Sep 2026.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
Corsica SWD 2 #2	Stonehill Martin, LLC	000126090	0.7 km	20,000	4,200–5,228
Breedlove Ursa #2D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000124651	1.2 km	30,000	3,988–5,308
University "7-15" #1D	Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.	000115442	5.9 km	25,000	4,500–5,600
Capri SWD #2	Stonehill Martin, LLC	000125986	6 km	20,000	4,350–5,700
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #47	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000099895	6.4 km	10,000	11,242–12,617
University 7-27 SWD #D 2	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000115339	6.4 km	40,000	12,700–14,200
Univ. 14-7 #3D	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000018943	6.4 km	7,500	4,525–5,470
Capri SWD #1	Stonehill Martin, LLC	000118229	6.4 km	30,000	4,500–5,680
Golden Tornadoes SWD #1	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000115975	6.9 km	30,000	12,380–13,965
University SWD #D 1	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000110114	7.2 km	20,000	4,800–5,550
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #49	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000105121	7.2 km	10,000	11,745–12,675
Pinotage SWD #1	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000106281	7.6 km	20,000	5,550–6,175
Herding Cats #1D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000119003	8.2 km	30,000	12,250–14,500
University -B- #2	Crosstex Services, L.L.C.	000079408	8.3 km	5,000	4,940–6,500
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #24D	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000010717	8.3 km	10,000	10,910–12,424

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About this data

Event us7000k71f 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/us7000k71f, documented in the API reference.