EARTHQUAKES · LIVE OAK AREA · TX2019BPOX
Magnitude 2.5 23 km WNW of Pawnee, Texas
Wednesday, January 23, 2019, 12:06:32 PM Central · 2019-01-23 18:06:32 UTC
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake 23 km WNW of Pawnee, Texas on January 23, 2019 at 12:06 PM Central, 8.0 km deep, in the Live Oak County area.
It is one of 57 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.5.
7 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 6.4 km away and operated by South Texas Oilfield Sol, LLC; together they hold 100,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
1 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 829 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.5
- ML, reviewed
- 8.0
- km deep · 26,240 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 57
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 7
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 420
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.7420, -98.2250
- County area
- Live Oak 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 19, 2019, 8:00 AM | 2.0 | 8.1 km | 6.6 km |
| Jul 17, 2019, 5:38 AM | 2.3 | 6.9 km | 3.9 km |
| Jul 18, 2019, 4:01 AM | 2.6 | 7.6 km | 7.0 km |
| Nov 24, 2019, 5:38 PM | 2.0 | 8.7 km | 7.1 km |
| Feb 7, 2022, 4:34 PM | 2.3 | 5.7 km | 7.2 km |
| Jun 13, 2022, 2:28 AM | 2.0 | 6.1 km | 6.6 km |
| Dec 18, 2022, 6:19 AM | 2.0 | 6.3 km | 8.0 km |
| Dec 18, 2022, 3:09 PM | 2.3 | 6.7 km | 6.1 km |
| Dec 18, 2022, 9:58 PM | 2.0 | 7.1 km | 7.5 km |
| Dec 19, 2022, 1:30 AM | 2.4 | 6.5 km | 7.9 km |
| Dec 19, 2022, 1:54 AM | 2.0 | 6.2 km | 6.3 km |
| Dec 21, 2022, 8:54 AM | 2.7 | 5.4 km | 2.3 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.5 on Apr 8, 2026.
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. 1 of these report daily to TexNet: 829 bbl/d in Aug 2026.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rsi Atascosa SWD #2 | South Texas Oilfield Sol, LLC | 000109542 | 6.4 km | 20,000 | 5,500–6,150 |
| Rsi Atascosa SWD #1 | South Texas Oilfield Sol, LLC | 000104141 | 6.6 km | 25,000 | 5,500–6,150 |
| Guajillo East #71H | Marathon Oil EF LLC | 000124725 | 7.4 km | — | 10,427–11,129 |
| FF Fashing SWD #1A | Evx Operating LLC | 000105713 | 8.4 km | 25,000 | 6,000–6,600 |
| Schumann et al Gas Unit 3 SWD #2 | XTO Energy Inc. | 000104403 | 8.9 km | 10,000 | 6,030–6,550 |
| Atascosa SWD #3 | Milestone Enviro Services, LLC | 000124516 | 9.6 km | 10,000 | 5,850–6,800 |
| Atascosa SWD #2 | Milestone Enviro Services, LLC | 000114007 | 9.7 km | 10,000 | 5,850–6,800 |
Disposal in Live Oak County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2019bpox 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/tx2019bpox, documented in the API reference.