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EARTHQUAKES · GONZALES AREA · TX2022VDWK

Magnitude 2.2 15 km E of Smiley, Texas

Friday, October 28, 2022, 5:59:24 PM Central · 2022-10-28 22:59:24 UTC

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake 15 km E of Smiley, Texas on October 28, 2022 at 5:59 PM Central, 6.7 km deep, in the Gonzales County area.

It is one of 74 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 5 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.5.

14 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 5.6 km away and operated by Advantek Eagleford LLC; together they hold 120,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.2
ML, reviewed
6.7
km deep · 21,853 ft
5
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
74
M2+ within 10 km, all time
14
active injection wells within 10 km
513
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
29.2470, -97.4760
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 28, 2022, 11:31 AM2.80.3 km6.5 km
Oct 28, 2022, 10:46 AM2.40.2 km6.1 km
Oct 29, 2022, 1:25 AM2.50.8 km8.6 km
Oct 29, 2022, 1:38 AM2.21 km7.1 km
Oct 28, 2022, 9:47 AM2.45.4 km9.5 km
Oct 29, 2022, 9:49 PM2.20.5 km8.3 km
Oct 30, 2022, 3:26 AM3.50.5 km6.0 km
Oct 30, 2022, 7:20 AM2.40.6 km8.6 km
Oct 31, 2022, 11:21 AM2.50.6 km6.3 km
Oct 31, 2022, 7:02 PM2.21.8 km9.8 km
Nov 1, 2022, 1:54 PM2.61.3 km7.2 km
Oct 12, 2022, 1:19 AM2.33.8 km6.8 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
District Westhoff SWD #1Advantek Eagleford LLC0001086845.6 km25,0004,300–8,300
Westhoff SWD #1Evx Operating LLC0001054266.5 km20,0004,920–6,680
Zgabay A #1WDevon Energy Production Co, L.P.0001259808.2 km5,00011,885–12,087
R W Pawlik Jr Unit A #501Burlington Resources O & G Co LP0001246138.3 km—11,941–12,745
Zgabay A #11WDevon Energy Production Co, L.P.0001259838.4 km5,00011,782–12,096
Zgabay A #12WDevon Energy Production Co, L.P.0001259848.4 km5,00011,776–12,055
Zgabay A #13WDevon Energy Production Co, L.P.0001259858.4 km5,00011,741–12,144
Zgabay A #2WDevon Energy Production Co, L.P.0001259718.5 km5,00011,732–11,970
Zgabay A #3WDevon Energy Production Co, L.P.0001259728.5 km5,00011,671–12,112
Zgabay A #5WDevon Energy Production Co, L.P.0001259748.5 km5,00011,605–12,143
Zgabay A #6WDevon Energy Production Co, L.P.0001259758.5 km5,00011,715–12,139
Zgabay A #8WDevon Energy Production Co, L.P.0001259818.9 km5,00011,805–12,130
Zgabay A #9WDevon Energy Production Co, L.P.0001259828.9 km5,00011,816–12,118
TE Pilgrim SWD #2CWR Management LLC0001060358.9 km25,00010,400–12,500

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About this data

Event tx2022vdwk 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/tx2022vdwk, documented in the API reference.