EARTHQUAKES · GONZALES AREA · TX2018JSOJ
Magnitude 2.3 13 km E of Smiley, Texas
Saturday, May 19, 2018, 12:31:35 AM Central · 2018-05-19 05:31:35 UTC
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake 13 km E of Smiley, Texas on May 19, 2018 at 12:31 AM Central, 3.5 km deep, in the Gonzales County area.
It is one of 72 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.5.
3 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3.7 km away and operated by CWR Management LLC; together they hold 60,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.3
- ML, reviewed
- 3.5
- km deep · 11,641 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 72
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 3
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 383
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 29.2900, -97.5020
- County area
- Gonzales 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2018, 7:27 PM | 2.0 | 9.3 km | 5.0 km |
| Aug 21, 2018, 7:08 AM | 2.0 | 7.3 km | 5.1 km |
| Feb 2, 2019, 11:00 PM | 3.0 | 7.8 km | 5.0 km |
| Feb 3, 2019, 1:42 AM | 2.2 | 7.5 km | 7.0 km |
| May 3, 2019, 6:03 PM | 2.1 | 7.5 km | 7.4 km |
| May 4, 2019, 10:03 AM | 2.1 | 7.5 km | 8.7 km |
| May 4, 2019, 4:51 PM | 2.5 | 7.6 km | 3.7 km |
| May 5, 2019, 5:17 AM | 2.5 | 6.8 km | 6.6 km |
| May 14, 2019, 9:29 PM | 2.5 | 6.5 km | 6.9 km |
| May 15, 2019, 7:00 PM | 2.1 | 6.4 km | 7.2 km |
| May 16, 2019, 7:54 PM | 2.1 | 5.9 km | 7.4 km |
| May 17, 2019, 3:50 AM | 2.1 | 6.8 km | 8.4 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.5 on Oct 30, 2022.
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 Pilgrim SWD #2 | CWR Management LLC | 000106035 | 3.7 km | 25,000 | 10,400–12,500 |
| R. D. Tucker Unit #1 | Trisun Energy Services LLC | 000105558 | 7.7 km | 15,000 | 4,870–6,282 |
| Westhoff SWD #1 | Evx Operating LLC | 000105426 | 8.1 km | 20,000 | 4,920–6,680 |
Disposal in Gonzales County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2018jsoj 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/tx2018jsoj, documented in the API reference.