EARTHQUAKES · GONZALES AREA · TX2022NDCG
Magnitude 2.5 17 km E of Smiley, Texas
Wednesday, July 6, 2022, 11:29:13 AM Central · 2022-07-06 16:29:13 UTC
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake 17 km E of Smiley, Texas on July 6, 2022 at 11:29 AM Central, 6.6 km deep, in the Gonzales County area.
It is one of 67 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 7 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.5.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 6.1 km away and operated by Devon Energy Production Co, L.P.; together they hold 150,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.5
- ML, reviewed
- 6.6
- km deep · 21,716 ft
- 7
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 67
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 445
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 29.2810, -97.4580
- County area
- Gonzales 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 2022, 11:26 PM | 2.3 | 0.3 km | 7.5 km |
| Jun 23, 2022, 3:43 AM | 2.1 | 2.4 km | 7.5 km |
| Jun 16, 2022, 10:09 AM | 2.8 | 0.2 km | 7.3 km |
| Jun 13, 2022, 9:53 AM | 2.3 | 0.2 km | 7.7 km |
| Jun 13, 2022, 1:03 AM | 2.2 | 2.4 km | 7.3 km |
| Jun 12, 2022, 1:44 PM | 2.1 | 0.2 km | 8.4 km |
| Jun 11, 2022, 7:48 PM | 2.0 | 1.3 km | 7.9 km |
| Aug 19, 2022, 8:39 AM | 2.9 | 6.1 km | 6.8 km |
| Aug 24, 2022, 3:15 AM | 2.1 | 6.1 km | 8.0 km |
| Oct 11, 2022, 11:52 AM | 2.6 | 0.9 km | 4.0 km |
| Oct 12, 2022, 1:19 AM | 2.3 | 0.5 km | 6.8 km |
| Oct 28, 2022, 9:47 AM | 2.4 | 9.4 km | 9.5 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.
Disposal in Gonzales County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2022ndcg 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/tx2022ndcg, documented in the API reference.