EARTHQUAKES · KARNES AREA · TX2017FRTO
Magnitude 2.1 13 km NW of Yorktown, Texas
Wednesday, March 22, 2017, 3:51:41 PM Central · 2017-03-22 20:51:41 UTC
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 13 km NW of Yorktown, Texas on March 22, 2017 at 3:51 PM Central, 1.4 km deep, in the Karnes County area.
It is one of 38 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M2.9.
3 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 5.6 km away and operated by Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC; together they hold 75,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.1
- ML, reviewed
- 1.4
- km deep · 4,461 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 38
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 3
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 972
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 29.0630, -97.6080
- County area
- Karnes County
- On a map
- Google Maps ↗
- Catalog
- USGS event page ↗ · TexNet catalog ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 20, 2017, 3:35 AM | 2.2 | 4.8 km | 3.1 km |
| May 14, 2017, 4:57 AM | 2.8 | 9.8 km | 1.9 km |
| Aug 16, 2018, 10:00 AM | 2.9 | 4.9 km | 5.0 km |
| Sep 3, 2018, 12:01 PM | 2.2 | 6.1 km | 4.1 km |
| Sep 5, 2018, 8:53 AM | 2.2 | 7.6 km | 1.8 km |
| Jan 14, 2019, 6:38 PM | 2.6 | 8.8 km | 5.0 km |
| Apr 23, 2019, 6:29 AM | 2.1 | 4.7 km | 5.0 km |
| Sep 10, 2019, 5:06 AM | 2.0 | 8.9 km | 5.5 km |
| Mar 2, 2021, 2:58 PM | 2.5 | 10 km | 6.7 km |
| Jul 6, 2021, 8:56 PM | 2.3 | 9.1 km | 4.6 km |
| Jul 7, 2021, 11:08 PM | 2.3 | 8.2 km | 3.0 km |
| Jul 9, 2021, 6:10 AM | 2.4 | 7.3 km | 5.1 km |
Largest nearby on record: M2.9 on May 22, 2023.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rooster SWD #1 | Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC | 000118564 | 5.6 km | 25,000 | 6,100–10,000 |
| TE Yorktown SWD #1 | Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC | 000105684 | 7.8 km | 25,000 | 4,400–7,900 |
| Henning #2 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000115129 | 7.9 km | 25,000 | 5,300–7,950 |
Disposal in Karnes County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2017frto from the USGS earthquake catalog, located by TexNet (UT Bureau of Economic Geology) 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/tx2017frto, documented in the API reference.