EARTHQUAKES · LIVE OAK AREA · TX2022XADC
Magnitude 2.2 7 km WSW of Kenedy, Texas
Thursday, November 24, 2022, 2:53:44 AM Central · 2022-11-24 08:53:44 UTC
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake 7 km WSW of Kenedy, Texas on November 24, 2022 at 2:53 AM Central, 7.8 km deep, in the Live Oak County area.
It is one of 4 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them in the thirty days before it; this is the largest of them.
12 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.4 km away and operated by Marathon Oil EF LLC; together they hold 273,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.2
- ML, reviewed
- 7.8
- km deep · 25,623 ft
- 2
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 4
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 12
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 467
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.7920, -97.9150
- County area
- Live Oak County
- On a map
- Google Maps ↗
- Catalog
- USGS event page ↗ · TexNet catalog ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 23, 2022, 9:17 PM | 2.2 | 1 km | 6.4 km |
| Nov 23, 2022, 12:50 PM | 2.0 | 1 km | 8.4 km |
| Feb 23, 2017, 8:26 AM | 2.0 | 6.9 km | 3.2 km |
Largest nearby on record: M2.2 on Nov 24, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cat-Kenedy SWD #1 | Marathon Oil EF LLC | 000104390 | 1.4 km | 25,000 | 5,980–6,660 |
| Rhino-Kenedy 72 SWD #1 | Rhino Operating Company, LLC | 000105809 | 2.2 km | 25,000 | 5,700–9,000 |
| Karnes SWD #1 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000103139 | 4.5 km | 18,000 | 6,375–7,500 |
| McDowell SWD #1D | Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC | 000092714 | 4.9 km | 10,000 | 2,500–3,000 |
| RSG Karnes SWD #1 | US Ecology Karnes Cnty Disp, LLC | 000126709 | 5.2 km | 15,000 | 6,260–7,300 |
| Reed SWD #1 | Advantek Waste Mgmt Services LLC | 000108901 | 7.3 km | 25,000 | 6,150–7,200 |
| Reed SWD #2 | Advantek Waste Mgmt Services LLC | 000126804 | 7.3 km | 20,000 | 6,180–7,200 |
| TE Kenedy SWD #1 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000104905 | 8.1 km | 25,000 | 5,700–6,700 |
| Blue SWD #1 | Crosstex Environmental STX, LLC | 000118971 | 8.2 km | 35,000 | 6,500–8,500 |
| Karnes City a SWD #1 | Crosstex Environmental STX, LLC | 000104350 | 8.8 km | 25,000 | 6,490–8,000 |
| Kenedy 72 SWD #1 | Evx Operating LLC | 000104389 | 9.1 km | 20,000 | 6,000–7,000 |
| Highroller Karnes SWD A #1 | Crosstex Environmental STX, LLC | 000104710 | 9.1 km | 30,000 | 6,535–8,225 |
Disposal in Live Oak County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2022xadc 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/tx2022xadc, documented in the API reference.