EARTHQUAKES · KARNES AREA · TX2017JJTP
Magnitude 2.8 16 km NNW of Yorktown, Texas
Sunday, May 14, 2017, 4:57:25 AM Central · 2017-05-14 09:57:25 UTC
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake 16 km NNW of Yorktown, Texas on May 14, 2017 at 4:57 AM Central, 1.9 km deep, in the Karnes County area.
It is one of 49 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.4.
6 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3.6 km away and operated by Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC; together they hold 86,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.8
- ML, reviewed
- 1.9
- km deep · 6,289 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 49
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 6
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 858
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 29.1300, -97.5420
- County area
- Karnes County
- On a map
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- 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 22, 2017, 3:51 PM | 2.1 | 9.8 km | 1.4 km |
| Jul 17, 2018, 7:27 PM | 2.0 | 9 km | 5.0 km |
| Aug 16, 2018, 10:00 AM | 2.9 | 4.9 km | 5.0 km |
| Sep 3, 2018, 12:01 PM | 2.2 | 9 km | 4.1 km |
| Dec 6, 2018, 10:11 PM | 2.4 | 9.6 km | 7.2 km |
| Dec 14, 2018, 2:04 PM | 2.1 | 9.6 km | 8.9 km |
| Jan 16, 2019, 7:34 AM | 2.2 | 6.4 km | 4.1 km |
| Jan 19, 2019, 5:42 AM | 2.3 | 6 km | 6.4 km |
| Jan 23, 2019, 9:34 AM | 2.5 | 7.4 km | 9.3 km |
| Apr 17, 2019, 10:45 PM | 2.4 | 7.6 km | 5.7 km |
| May 12, 2019, 9:37 AM | 3.1 | 7.1 km | 5.0 km |
| May 15, 2019, 5:42 AM | 2.5 | 7.7 km | 5.0 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.4 on Apr 10, 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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TE Yorktown SWD #1 | Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC | 000105684 | 3.6 km | 25,000 | 4,400–7,900 |
| Borchers, H. F. #1 | Yates Energy Corporation | 000039028 | 4.6 km | 1,000 | 2,100–2,500 |
| Westhoff SWD #1 | Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC | 000105443 | 6.3 km | 25,000 | 5,000–8,600 |
| R W Pawlik Jr Unit A #501 | Burlington Resources O & G Co LP | 000124613 | 6.6 km | — | 11,941–12,745 |
| District Westhoff SWD #1 | Advantek Eagleford LLC | 000108684 | 9.5 km | 25,000 | 4,300–8,300 |
| Fort Worth National Bank #0001W | 2 D Oil & Gas LLC | 000106889 | 9.7 km | 10,000 | 3,400–4,200 |
Disposal in Karnes County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2017jjtp 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/tx2017jjtp, documented in the API reference.