EARTHQUAKES · GONZALES AREA · TX2023JSAA
Magnitude 2.3 20 km SSE of Gonzales, Texas
Thursday, May 18, 2023, 5:16:39 PM Central · 2023-05-18 22:16:39 UTC
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake 20 km SSE of Gonzales, Texas on May 18, 2023 at 5:16 PM Central, 7.1 km deep, in the Gonzales County area.
It is one of 24 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.0.
14 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.9 km away and operated by Evx Operating LLC; together they hold 125,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.3
- ML, reviewed
- 7.1
- km deep · 23,321 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 24
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 14
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 455
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 29.3360, -97.3590
- County area
- Gonzales 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 5, 2023, 6:32 PM | 2.0 | 9.5 km | 8.5 km |
| Sep 25, 2023, 2:01 PM | 2.0 | 5 km | 3.0 km |
| Dec 28, 2023, 4:39 PM | 2.0 | 9.9 km | 6.6 km |
| Dec 29, 2023, 3:10 PM | 2.3 | 9.3 km | 6.1 km |
| Dec 29, 2023, 3:45 PM | 2.2 | 10 km | 6.2 km |
| Dec 31, 2023, 9:39 PM | 3.0 | 7.9 km | 3.4 km |
| Oct 13, 2021, 7:26 PM | 2.1 | 2.6 km | 7.9 km |
| Oct 11, 2021, 3:48 PM | 2.2 | 2.9 km | 7.5 km |
| Oct 11, 2021, 10:36 AM | 2.2 | 6.2 km | 7.1 km |
| Oct 10, 2021, 10:53 PM | 2.6 | 2.9 km | 8.0 km |
| Oct 10, 2021, 12:25 PM | 2.5 | 3.3 km | 3.5 km |
| Oct 10, 2021, 6:41 AM | 2.5 | 4.3 km | 7.8 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.0 on Jan 1, 2024.
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.
Disposal in Gonzales County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2023jsaa 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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