EARTHQUAKES · LIVE OAK AREA · TX2022TMLZ

Magnitude 2.6 8 km N of Three Rivers, Texas

Tuesday, October 4, 2022, 11:52:04 PM Central · 2022-10-05 04:52:04 UTC

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake 8 km N of Three Rivers, Texas on October 4, 2022 at 11:52 PM Central, 5.2 km deep, in the Live Oak County area.

It is one of 45 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.1.

10 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.9 km away and operated by Blackbrush O & G, LLC; together they hold 47,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.6
ML, reviewed
5.2
km deep · 17,147 ft
0
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
45
M2+ within 10 km, all time
10
active injection wells within 10 km
202
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
28.5400, -98.1850
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
Aug 5, 2022, 3:36 AM2.18.3 km6.2 km
Apr 22, 2022, 4:21 AM2.10.2 km3.8 km
Mar 12, 2022, 4:56 PM2.30.8 km7.8 km
May 28, 2021, 1:56 AM2.03 km7.5 km
Nov 19, 2020, 1:22 PM2.23.9 km3.5 km
Oct 11, 2020, 10:16 AM2.42.3 km7.9 km
Mar 10, 2020, 11:43 PM2.55.6 km6.6 km
Feb 8, 2020, 10:24 PM2.71.9 km5.0 km
Oct 31, 2019, 7:37 AM2.71.9 km5.0 km
Aug 6, 2019, 11:58 AM2.26.9 km5.7 km
Aug 5, 2019, 3:50 AM2.14 km6.5 km
Jun 25, 2019, 2:36 AM2.13 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, LLC0000986300.9 km2,5001,700–3,000
Sinor Wilcox Unit #205Merit Energy Company0001234804.9 km5,0007,899–8,304
Sinor Wilcox Unit #116Merit Energy Company0001233756.2 km5,0007,689–8,189
Sinor Wilcox Unit #118Merit Energy Company0001242856.3 km5,0007,793–8,092
Sinor Wilcox Unit #117Merit Energy Company0001233766.5 km5,0007,695–8,195
Sinor Wilcox Unit #206Merit Energy Company0001233776.8 km5,0007,696–8,196
Sinor Wilcox Unit #115Merit Energy Company0001189537 km5,0007,808–8,138
Sinor Wilcox Unit #208Merit Energy Company0001265697 km5,0007,803–8,194
Sinor Wilcox Unit #303Merit Energy Company0001242867.1 km5,0007,696–8,096
Sinor Wilcox Unit #302Merit Energy Company0001234797.7 km5,0007,662–8,041

Disposal in Live Oak County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →

About this data

Event tx2022tmlz 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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