EARTHQUAKES · GONZALES AREA · TX2022VDGF
Magnitude 2.4 16 km ESE of Smiley, Texas
Friday, October 28, 2022, 9:47:44 AM Central · 2022-10-28 14:47:44 UTC
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake 16 km ESE of Smiley, Texas on October 28, 2022 at 9:47 AM Central, 9.5 km deep, in the Gonzales County area.
It is one of 62 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.5.
5 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.2 km away and operated by Advantek Eagleford LLC; together they hold 71,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.4
- ML, reviewed
- 9.5
- km deep · 31,316 ft
- 2
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 62
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 5
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 627
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 29.1990, -97.4810
- County area
- Gonzales County
- On a map
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- Catalog
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Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 28, 2022, 10:46 AM | 2.4 | 5.4 km | 6.1 km |
| Oct 28, 2022, 11:31 AM | 2.8 | 5.3 km | 6.5 km |
| Oct 28, 2022, 5:59 PM | 2.2 | 5.4 km | 6.7 km |
| Oct 29, 2022, 1:25 AM | 2.5 | 4.6 km | 8.6 km |
| Oct 29, 2022, 1:38 AM | 2.2 | 6.4 km | 7.1 km |
| Oct 29, 2022, 9:49 PM | 2.2 | 5.2 km | 8.3 km |
| Oct 30, 2022, 3:26 AM | 3.5 | 4.9 km | 6.0 km |
| Oct 30, 2022, 7:20 AM | 2.4 | 5.9 km | 8.6 km |
| Oct 31, 2022, 11:21 AM | 2.5 | 5.8 km | 6.3 km |
| Oct 31, 2022, 7:02 PM | 2.2 | 4.5 km | 9.8 km |
| Nov 1, 2022, 1:54 PM | 2.6 | 6.6 km | 7.2 km |
| Oct 12, 2022, 1:19 AM | 2.3 | 9.1 km | 6.8 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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District Westhoff SWD #1 | Advantek Eagleford LLC | 000108684 | 0.2 km | 25,000 | 4,300–8,300 |
| R W Pawlik Jr Unit A #501 | Burlington Resources O & G Co LP | 000124613 | 3.1 km | — | 11,941–12,745 |
| Westhoff SWD #1 | Evx Operating LLC | 000105426 | 6.2 km | 20,000 | 4,920–6,680 |
| Borchers, H. F. #1 | Yates Energy Corporation | 000039028 | 6.6 km | 1,000 | 2,100–2,500 |
| Westhoff SWD #1 | Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC | 000105443 | 6.6 km | 25,000 | 5,000–8,600 |
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About this data
Event tx2022vdgf 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/tx2022vdgf, documented in the API reference.