EARTHQUAKES · GONZALES AREA · TX2019JOOF
Magnitude 2.1 13 km ESE of Smiley, Texas
Thursday, May 16, 2019, 7:54:49 PM Central · 2019-05-17 00:54:49 UTC
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 13 km ESE of Smiley, Texas on May 16, 2019 at 7:54 PM Central, 7.4 km deep, in the Gonzales County area.
It is one of 73 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 7 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.5.
5 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3.6 km away and operated by Evx Operating LLC; together they hold 71,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.1
- ML, reviewed
- 7.4
- km deep · 24,369 ft
- 7
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 73
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 5
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 525
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 29.2370, -97.5030
- County area
- Gonzales 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.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 2019, 3:50 AM | 2.1 | 1 km | 8.4 km |
| May 17, 2019, 9:26 AM | 2.9 | 0.9 km | 7.0 km |
| May 15, 2019, 7:00 PM | 2.1 | 0.7 km | 7.2 km |
| May 15, 2019, 5:42 AM | 2.5 | 7.1 km | 5.0 km |
| May 14, 2019, 9:29 PM | 2.5 | 0.8 km | 6.9 km |
| May 18, 2019, 9:58 PM | 2.5 | 5.9 km | 5.0 km |
| May 5, 2019, 5:17 AM | 2.5 | 1 km | 6.6 km |
| May 4, 2019, 4:51 PM | 2.5 | 1.9 km | 3.7 km |
| May 4, 2019, 10:03 AM | 2.1 | 1.6 km | 8.7 km |
| May 3, 2019, 6:03 PM | 2.1 | 1.6 km | 7.4 km |
| Feb 3, 2019, 1:42 AM | 2.2 | 4.8 km | 7.0 km |
| Feb 2, 2019, 11:00 PM | 3.0 | 2 km | 5.0 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.5 on Oct 30, 2022.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westhoff SWD #1 | Evx Operating LLC | 000105426 | 3.6 km | 20,000 | 4,920–6,680 |
| District Westhoff SWD #1 | Advantek Eagleford LLC | 000108684 | 4.9 km | 25,000 | 4,300–8,300 |
| R W Pawlik Jr Unit A #501 | Burlington Resources O & G Co LP | 000124613 | 6.9 km | — | 11,941–12,745 |
| Borchers, H. F. #1 | Yates Energy Corporation | 000039028 | 8.2 km | 1,000 | 2,100–2,500 |
| TE Pilgrim SWD #2 | CWR Management LLC | 000106035 | 9.6 km | 25,000 | 10,400–12,500 |
Disposal in Gonzales County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2019joof 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/tx2019joof, documented in the API reference.