EARTHQUAKES · LIVE OAK AREA · TX2019EQIR
Magnitude 2.2 14 km NNE of Three Rivers, Texas
Thursday, March 7, 2019, 2:42:20 PM Central · 2019-03-07 20:42:20 UTC
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake 14 km NNE of Three Rivers, Texas on March 7, 2019 at 2:42 PM Central, 8.0 km deep, in the Live Oak County area.
It is one of 43 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 3 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 6.5 km away and operated by Blackbrush O & G, LLC; together they hold 2,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.2
- ML, reviewed
- 8.0
- km deep · 26,196 ft
- 3
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 43
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 1
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 346
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.5890, -98.1530
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 4, 2019, 11:06 PM | 2.0 | 5.6 km | 7.9 km |
| Mar 2, 2019, 10:14 PM | 2.3 | 5.8 km | 6.5 km |
| Mar 17, 2019, 2:07 AM | 2.2 | 2.5 km | 5.6 km |
| Mar 25, 2019, 6:33 PM | 2.1 | 3.8 km | 6.4 km |
| Feb 9, 2019, 12:32 AM | 2.5 | 3.6 km | 6.5 km |
| Jan 31, 2019, 8:02 AM | 2.0 | 0.7 km | 8.8 km |
| Jan 30, 2019, 5:13 PM | 2.0 | 1.4 km | 7.2 km |
| Jan 29, 2019, 9:46 AM | 2.2 | 6 km | 4.8 km |
| Jan 28, 2019, 5:56 AM | 2.3 | 3.8 km | 5.2 km |
| Jan 28, 2019, 4:17 AM | 2.2 | 2.6 km | 6.9 km |
| Jan 26, 2019, 5:08 PM | 2.0 | 1.1 km | 7.7 km |
| Jan 26, 2019, 3:24 PM | 2.0 | 5 km | 6.4 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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three Rivers SWD #2 | Blackbrush O & G, LLC | 000098630 | 6.5 km | 2,500 | 1,700–3,000 |
Disposal in Live Oak County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2019eqir 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/tx2019eqir, documented in the API reference.