EARTHQUAKES · GOLIAD AREA · TX2021VEAJ
Magnitude 2.3 5 km NNW of Nordheim, Texas
Thursday, October 28, 2021, 7:58:35 PM Central · 2021-10-29 00:58:35 UTC
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake 5 km NNW of Nordheim, Texas on October 28, 2021 at 7:58 PM Central, 10.0 km deep, in the Goliad County area.
It is one of 41 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.9.
4 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 5.1 km away and operated by KB Shaw, LLC; together they hold 80,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.3
- ML, reviewed
- 10.0
- km deep · 32,763 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 41
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 4
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 632
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.9720, -97.6280
- County area
- Goliad 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2021, 2:15 PM | 2.2 | 0.9 km | 6.2 km |
| Oct 29, 2021, 4:47 PM | 2.4 | 0.9 km | 6.0 km |
| Oct 31, 2021, 3:20 PM | 2.0 | 1.5 km | 4.9 km |
| Nov 1, 2021, 3:44 PM | 2.0 | 0.8 km | 5.5 km |
| Jul 9, 2021, 6:10 AM | 2.4 | 4.2 km | 5.1 km |
| Jul 7, 2021, 11:08 PM | 2.3 | 2.4 km | 3.0 km |
| Jul 6, 2021, 8:56 PM | 2.3 | 1.2 km | 4.6 km |
| Mar 13, 2022, 4:54 PM | 2.1 | 3 km | 5.5 km |
| Jul 6, 2022, 10:27 PM | 2.2 | 7.3 km | 4.9 km |
| Jul 7, 2022, 2:55 AM | 2.0 | 1.7 km | 4.9 km |
| Jul 7, 2022, 4:44 AM | 2.2 | 0.8 km | 5.7 km |
| Jul 7, 2022, 4:54 PM | 2.0 | 6.1 km | 5.9 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.9 on Oct 9, 2023.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D'laine SWD #2 | KB Shaw, LLC | 000101248 | 5.1 km | 20,000 | 3,600–4,500 |
| Rooster SWD #1 | Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC | 000118564 | 5.7 km | 25,000 | 6,100–10,000 |
| Yorktown West 72 SWD #1 | Evx Oper LLC | 000104493 | 6.4 km | 20,000 | 6,600–8,000 |
| Wm ES Hohn RD SWD NO #1 | Petro Waste Environmental LP | 000125378 | 6.6 km | 15,000 | 5,500–7,700 |
Disposal in Goliad County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
TexNet catalog event tx2021veaj, 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/tx2021veaj, documented in the API reference.