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EARTHQUAKES · LIVE OAK AREA · TX2019HYSO

Magnitude 2.0 6 km NNE of Three Rivers, Texas

Tuesday, April 23, 2019, 10:23:44 PM Central · 2019-04-24 03:23:44 UTC

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 6 km NNE of Three Rivers, Texas on April 23, 2019 at 10:23 PM Central, 7.7 km deep, in the Live Oak County area.

It is one of 45 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.1.

13 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 5.1 km away and operated by Blackbrush O & G, LLC; together they hold 73,800 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.0
ML, reviewed
7.7
km deep · 25,349 ft
2
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
45
M2+ within 10 km, all time
13
active injection wells within 10 km
114
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
28.5120, -98.1540
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, 11:37 PM2.12.2 km7.8 km
Apr 24, 2019, 6:49 AM2.72.7 km6.8 km
May 1, 2019, 8:41 AM2.03.8 km6.9 km
Mar 25, 2019, 6:33 PM2.15.5 km6.4 km
Mar 25, 2019, 6:22 PM2.09.8 km9.9 km
May 30, 2019, 6:17 AM2.04.1 km4.7 km
Mar 17, 2019, 2:07 AM2.26.3 km5.6 km
Mar 7, 2019, 2:42 PM2.28.6 km8.0 km
Mar 4, 2019, 11:06 PM2.03.4 km7.9 km
Mar 2, 2019, 10:14 PM2.33.2 km6.5 km
Jun 24, 2019, 5:05 PM2.83.9 km5.0 km
Jun 25, 2019, 2:36 AM2.14.8 km6.3 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, LLC0000986305.1 km2,5001,700–3,000
Sinor Wilcox Unit #205Merit Energy Company0001234807.1 km5,0007,899–8,304
Reagan, W.F. #2Terrafina Energy, LLC0000929687.7 km3002,756–2,766
McGriff -B- #8Nog Production & Operating LLC0000018258.1 km1,0002,140–2,142
Sinor Wilcox Unit #116Merit Energy Company0001233758.2 km5,0007,689–8,189
Sinor Wilcox Unit #117Merit Energy Company0001233768.7 km5,0007,695–8,195
Sinor Wilcox Unit #206Merit Energy Company0001233778.7 km5,0007,696–8,196
Sinor Wilcox Unit #208Merit Energy Company0001265698.7 km5,0007,803–8,194
Sinor Wilcox Unit #118Merit Energy Company0001242858.8 km5,0007,793–8,092
Live Oak SWD #1Trisun Energy Services LLC0001059168.9 km25,0006,880–7,600
Sinor Wilcox Unit #115Merit Energy Company0001189539 km5,0007,808–8,138
Sinor Wilcox Unit #303Merit Energy Company0001242869.3 km5,0007,696–8,096
Sinor Wilcox Unit #302Merit Energy Company0001234799.9 km5,0007,662–8,041

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About this data

Event tx2019hyso 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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