EARTHQUAKES · LIVE OAK AREA · TX2019FXLA

Magnitude 2.0 6 km SE of Three Rivers, Texas

Monday, March 25, 2019, 6:22:12 PM Central · 2019-03-25 23:22:12 UTC

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 6 km SE of Three Rivers, Texas on March 25, 2019 at 6:22 PM Central, 9.9 km deep, in the Live Oak County area.

It is one of 3 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; this is the largest of them.

6 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 4.5 km away and operated by Terrafina Energy, LLC; together they hold 51,860 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.0
ML, reviewed
9.9
km deep · 32,443 ft
0
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
3
M2+ within 10 km, all time
6
active injection wells within 10 km
27
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
28.4260, -98.1330
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
Apr 23, 2019, 10:23 PM2.09.8 km7.7 km
Jan 25, 2019, 10:28 PM2.06.9 km6.5 km

Largest nearby on record: M2.0 on Apr 24, 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
Reagan, W.F. #2Terrafina Energy, LLC0000929684.5 km3002,756–2,766
Live Oak Livestock Co #1 BNew Horizon Investments Ltd.0000561824.5 km601,852–3,036
Live Oak SWD #1Trisun Energy Services LLC0001059165.6 km25,0006,880–7,600
Witt, Theodore A. #1Texxco Energy Services Inc0000683766.5 km5,5003,100–4,100
McGriff -B- #8Nog Production & Operating LLC0000018257 km1,0002,140–2,142
QVS #1DMid River Midstream LLC0000913537.2 km20,0002,815–4,200

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

About this data

Event tx2019fxla 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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