EARTHQUAKES · LIVE OAK AREA · TX2019CDWX

Magnitude 2.0 14 km N of Three Rivers, Texas

Thursday, January 31, 2019, 8:02:43 AM Central · 2019-01-31 14:02:43 UTC

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 14 km N of Three Rivers, Texas on January 31, 2019 at 8:02 AM Central, 8.8 km deep, in the Live Oak County area.

It is one of 43 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 13 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.1.

1 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 5.8 km away and operated by Blackbrush O & G, LLC; together they hold 2,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.0
ML, reviewed
8.8
km deep · 28,994 ft
13
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
43
M2+ within 10 km, all time
1
active injection wells within 10 km
351
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
28.5850, -98.1580
County area
Live Oak 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.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Jan 30, 2019, 5:13 PM2.01.1 km7.2 km
Jan 29, 2019, 9:46 AM2.25.6 km4.8 km
Jan 28, 2019, 5:56 AM2.33.3 km5.2 km
Jan 28, 2019, 4:17 AM2.22.2 km6.9 km
Jan 26, 2019, 5:08 PM2.00.8 km7.7 km
Jan 26, 2019, 3:24 PM2.04.6 km6.4 km
Jan 26, 2019, 7:34 AM2.12.7 km7.5 km
Jan 25, 2019, 11:51 PM2.32.1 km5.7 km
Jan 25, 2019, 11:09 PM2.71.9 km6.4 km
Jan 25, 2019, 10:53 PM2.76.3 km5.0 km
Jan 25, 2019, 7:57 PM2.36.2 km2.8 km
Jan 25, 2019, 7:29 PM2.57.3 km5.0 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.1 on Jan 25, 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.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Three Rivers SWD #2Blackbrush O & G, LLC0000986305.8 km2,5001,700–3,000

Disposal in Live Oak County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →

About this data

Event tx2019cdwx 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.

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