EARTHQUAKES · KARNES AREA · TX2022NGMO

Magnitude 2.3 9 km N of Nordheim, Texas

Friday, July 8, 2022, 8:08:00 AM Central · 2022-07-08 13:08:00 UTC

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake 9 km N of Nordheim, Texas on July 8, 2022 at 8:08 AM Central, 4.1 km deep, in the Karnes County area.

It is one of 43 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 9 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.9.

5 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.3 km away and operated by Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC; together they hold 100,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.3
ML, reviewed
4.1
km deep · 13,412 ft
9
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
43
M2+ within 10 km, all time
5
active injection wells within 10 km
739
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
29.0030, -97.5990
County area
Karnes 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
Jul 8, 2022, 5:54 AM2.21.2 km9.1 km
Jul 8, 2022, 4:56 AM2.23.1 km7.5 km
Jul 8, 2022, 1:30 PM2.11.2 km5.8 km
Jul 7, 2022, 9:13 PM2.03.3 km7.6 km
Jul 7, 2022, 8:53 PM2.01.3 km6.7 km
Jul 7, 2022, 7:05 PM2.61.2 km7.6 km
Jul 7, 2022, 4:54 PM2.01.7 km5.9 km
Jul 9, 2022, 12:11 AM2.30.3 km9.5 km
Jul 7, 2022, 4:44 AM2.23.8 km5.7 km
Jul 7, 2022, 2:55 AM2.03.8 km4.9 km
Jul 9, 2022, 3:17 PM2.21.2 km8.5 km
Jul 6, 2022, 10:27 PM2.23.3 km4.9 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.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Rooster SWD #1Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC0001185641.3 km25,0006,100–10,000
Yorktown West 72 SWD #1Evx Operating LLC0001044935.5 km20,0006,600–8,000
D'laine SWD #2KB Shaw, LLC0001012486.4 km20,0003,600–4,500
Phoenix #1Phoenix Midstream, LLC0001057007.6 km20,0006,400–7,700
Wm ES Hohn RD SWD NO #1Petro Waste Environmental LP0001253789.2 km15,0005,500–7,700

Disposal in Karnes County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →

About this data

Event tx2022ngmo 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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