EARTHQUAKES · GLASSCOCK AREA · TX2023OUGH
Magnitude 2.4 10 km W of Forsan, Texas
Sunday, July 30, 2023, 2:23:35 AM Central · 2023-07-30 07:23:35 UTC
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake 10 km W of Forsan, Texas on July 30, 2023 at 2:23 AM Central, 0.0 km deep, in the Glasscock County area.
It is one of 30 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M2.7.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1 km away and operated by Basa Resources, Inc.; together they hold 75,300 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
8 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 26,581 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.4
- ML, reviewed
- 0.0
- km deep · 80 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 30
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 212
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 32.0993, -101.4719
- County area
- Glasscock 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 2023, 4:01 AM | 2.1 | 2.1 km | 11.8 km |
| Dec 12, 2023, 8:04 AM | 2.2 | 3.2 km | 6.6 km |
| Jan 17, 2024, 5:58 PM | 2.0 | 3.8 km | 9.4 km |
| Oct 21, 2022, 8:20 PM | 2.4 | 0.2 km | 0.0 km |
| Jun 24, 2024, 7:12 AM | 2.1 | 0.4 km | 9.1 km |
| Jul 3, 2024, 11:47 AM | 2.2 | 0.3 km | 9.8 km |
| Sep 6, 2024, 8:46 PM | 2.0 | 3.5 km | 9.3 km |
| Dec 31, 2024, 2:37 AM | 2.0 | 1.5 km | 9.0 km |
| Jan 3, 2025, 12:35 AM | 2.7 | 0.3 km | 9.0 km |
| Jan 13, 2025, 9:21 PM | 2.2 | 0.5 km | 8.1 km |
| Mar 29, 2025, 10:17 AM | 2.3 | 7.8 km | 6.6 km |
| Apr 6, 2025, 6:47 PM | 2.6 | 0.8 km | 8.9 km |
Largest nearby on record: M2.7 on Jan 3, 2025.
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. 8 of these report daily to TexNet: 26.6K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
Disposal in Glasscock County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2023ough 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/tx2023ough, documented in the API reference.