EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2018ARDS
Magnitude 2.1 11 km ENE of Poth, Texas
Wednesday, January 10, 2018, 3:11:00 AM Central · 2018-01-10 09:11:00 UTC
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 11 km ENE of Poth, Texas on January 10, 2018 at 3:11 AM Central, 3.8 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 15 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.0.
1 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 4.9 km away and operated by 2 D Oil & Gas LLC; together they hold 4,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.1
- ML, reviewed
- 3.8
- km deep · 12,441 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 15
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 1
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 101
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 29.1120, -97.9760
- County area
- Wilson 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 9, 2018, 2:14 PM | 2.8 | 9.5 km | 5.0 km |
| Feb 18, 2018, 6:39 PM | 2.5 | 4.4 km | 7.1 km |
| Apr 21, 2018, 12:44 AM | 2.5 | 4.8 km | 6.3 km |
| Jun 11, 2018, 3:27 PM | 2.3 | 9.5 km | 6.6 km |
| Jun 13, 2018, 10:18 AM | 2.5 | 9.1 km | 2.8 km |
| Jun 13, 2018, 11:02 AM | 2.1 | 8.9 km | 1.8 km |
| Jun 30, 2018, 9:45 PM | 2.3 | 1.8 km | 6.8 km |
| Jul 20, 2018, 5:42 AM | 2.5 | 9.2 km | 5.0 km |
| Jul 2, 2017, 4:00 AM | 3.0 | 9.2 km | 5.5 km |
| Dec 22, 2018, 1:41 AM | 3.0 | 8.3 km | 5.0 km |
| Feb 16, 2019, 7:33 PM | 2.4 | 7.1 km | 5.0 km |
| May 10, 2019, 11:49 AM | 3.0 | 7.7 km | 5.0 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.0 on May 10, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skloss, Emil -SWD- #1 | 2 D Oil & Gas LLC | 000046064 | 4.9 km | 4,000 | 4,868–4,988 |
Disposal in Wilson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2018ards 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/tx2018ards, documented in the API reference.