EARTHQUAKES · FRIO AREA · TX2019DKKK
Magnitude 2.0 9 km ENE of Gardendale, Texas
Monday, February 18, 2019, 3:13:13 AM Central · 2019-02-18 09:13:13 UTC
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 9 km ENE of Gardendale, Texas on February 18, 2019 at 3:13 AM Central, 5.1 km deep, in the Frio County area.
It is one of 13 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.6.
1 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 8.6 km away and operated by C&e Prod, LLC; together they hold 35,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.0
- ML, reviewed
- 5.1
- km deep · 16,857 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 13
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 1
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 268
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.5460, -99.1240
- County area
- Frio County
- On a map
- OpenStreetMap ↗
- Catalog
- TexNet earthquake catalog ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 2019, 9:47 PM | 2.1 | 8.1 km | 8.0 km |
| Apr 12, 2019, 7:24 AM | 2.0 | 9.7 km | 8.3 km |
| May 6, 2025, 10:42 AM | 2.0 | 1.7 km | 7.6 km |
| May 6, 2025, 2:40 PM | 2.0 | 2.6 km | 4.6 km |
| May 8, 2025, 11:26 PM | 2.4 | 1.7 km | 5.6 km |
| May 10, 2025, 4:25 AM | 2.0 | 2.5 km | 6.6 km |
| Jun 9, 2025, 9:58 AM | 2.0 | 8.6 km | 3.5 km |
| Jul 12, 2026, 3:11 PM | 2.4 | 5.1 km | 7.4 km |
| Jul 12, 2026, 3:52 PM | 3.6 | 3.6 km | 6.8 km |
| Jul 12, 2026, 5:41 PM | 2.0 | 1.3 km | 7.3 km |
| Jul 14, 2026, 10:51 AM | 2.9 | 3.7 km | 6.5 km |
| Oct 10, 2026, 10:39 PM | 2.0 | 6 km | 8.2 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.6 on Jul 12, 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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meyers SWD #2 | C&e Prod, LLC | 000110739 | 8.6 km | 35,000 | 9,175–11,396 |
Disposal in Frio County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
TexNet catalog event tx2019dkkk, as published by the 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/tx2019dkkk, documented in the API reference.