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EARTHQUAKES · GONZALES AREA · TX2022TYIU

Magnitude 2.6 16 km E of Smiley, Texas

Tuesday, October 11, 2022, 11:52:49 AM Central · 2022-10-11 16:52:49 UTC

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake 16 km E of Smiley, Texas on October 11, 2022 at 11:52 AM Central, 4.0 km deep, in the Gonzales County area.

It is one of 70 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.5.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 6.3 km away and operated by CWR Management LLC; together they hold 155,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.6
ML, reviewed
4.0
km deep · 13,037 ft
0
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
70
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
443
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
29.2770, -97.4660
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.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Oct 12, 2022, 1:19 AM2.30.4 km6.8 km
Oct 28, 2022, 9:47 AM2.48.8 km9.5 km
Oct 28, 2022, 10:46 AM2.43.4 km6.1 km
Oct 28, 2022, 11:31 AM2.83.6 km6.5 km
Oct 28, 2022, 5:59 PM2.23.5 km6.7 km
Oct 29, 2022, 1:25 AM2.54.2 km8.6 km
Oct 29, 2022, 1:38 AM2.22.6 km7.1 km
Oct 29, 2022, 9:49 PM2.23.7 km8.3 km
Oct 30, 2022, 3:26 AM3.53.9 km6.0 km
Oct 30, 2022, 7:20 AM2.42.9 km8.6 km
Oct 31, 2022, 11:21 AM2.52.9 km6.3 km
Oct 31, 2022, 7:02 PM2.24.6 km9.8 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.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
TE Pilgrim SWD #2CWR Management LLC0001060356.3 km25,00010,400–12,500
Zgabay A #2WDevon Energy Production Co, L.P.0001259716.9 km5,00011,732–11,970
Zgabay A #3WDevon Energy Production Co, L.P.0001259726.9 km5,00011,671–12,112
Zgabay A #5WDevon Energy Production Co, L.P.0001259746.9 km5,00011,605–12,143
Zgabay A #6WDevon Energy Production Co, L.P.0001259756.9 km5,00011,715–12,139
Zgabay A #1WDevon Energy Production Co, L.P.0001259807.4 km5,00011,885–12,087
Gonzales SWD #1Crosstex Environmental STX, LLC0001037727.6 km25,0005,700–7,350
Zgabay A #11WDevon Energy Production Co, L.P.0001259837.6 km5,00011,782–12,096
Zgabay A #13WDevon Energy Production Co, L.P.0001259857.6 km5,00011,741–12,144
Zgabay A #12WDevon Energy Production Co, L.P.0001259847.7 km5,00011,776–12,055
Zgabay A #8WDevon Energy Production Co, L.P.0001259818 km5,00011,805–12,130
Zgabay A #9WDevon Energy Production Co, L.P.0001259828 km5,00011,816–12,118
Bruns Unit #1Ruidoso Resources LLC0001036208.1 km10,0004,620–7,900
District Westhoff SWD #1Advantek Eagleford LLC0001086849 km25,0004,300–8,300
Westhoff SWD #1Evx Operating LLC0001054269.1 km20,0004,920–6,680

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

About this data

Event tx2022tyiu 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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