EARTHQUAKES · GONZALES AREA · TX2023PACI
Magnitude 2.2 14 km ENE of Smiley, Texas
Wednesday, August 2, 2023, 7:12:47 AM Central · 2023-08-02 12:12:47 UTC
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake 14 km ENE of Smiley, Texas on August 2, 2023 at 7:12 AM Central, 5.9 km deep, in the Gonzales County area.
It is one of 70 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 7 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.5.
8 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.9 km away and operated by CWR Management LLC; together they hold 105,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.2
- ML, reviewed
- 5.9
- km deep · 19,295 ft
- 7
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 70
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 8
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 376
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 29.2990, -97.4920
- 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.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2023, 8:16 AM | 2.0 | 1.4 km | 8.0 km |
| Jul 21, 2023, 10:27 PM | 2.0 | 2.2 km | 8.5 km |
| Jul 21, 2023, 9:18 PM | 2.6 | 1.1 km | 7.2 km |
| Jul 20, 2023, 9:02 AM | 2.1 | 1.4 km | 7.1 km |
| Jul 12, 2023, 9:39 PM | 2.3 | 1.5 km | 6.2 km |
| Jul 12, 2023, 5:04 PM | 2.0 | 1.4 km | 8.1 km |
| Jul 11, 2023, 9:10 AM | 2.3 | 0.5 km | 9.1 km |
| Aug 27, 2023, 5:51 PM | 2.0 | 9.7 km | 6.6 km |
| May 5, 2023, 6:32 PM | 2.0 | 4.4 km | 8.5 km |
| Dec 28, 2023, 9:44 AM | 2.5 | 4.1 km | 7.8 km |
| Dec 28, 2023, 4:39 PM | 2.0 | 4.6 km | 6.6 km |
| Dec 29, 2023, 3:10 PM | 2.3 | 4.5 km | 6.1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TE Pilgrim SWD #2 | CWR Management LLC | 000106035 | 2.9 km | 25,000 | 10,400–12,500 |
| R. D. Tucker Unit #1 | Trisun Energy Services LLC | 000105558 | 6.5 km | 15,000 | 4,870–6,282 |
| Gonzales SWD #1 | Crosstex Environmental STX, LLC | 000103772 | 9.3 km | 25,000 | 5,700–7,350 |
| Westhoff SWD #1 | Evx Operating LLC | 000105426 | 9.4 km | 20,000 | 4,920–6,680 |
| Zgabay A #2W | Devon Energy Production Co, L.P. | 000125971 | 9.8 km | 5,000 | 11,732–11,970 |
| Zgabay A #3W | Devon Energy Production Co, L.P. | 000125972 | 9.8 km | 5,000 | 11,671–12,112 |
| Zgabay A #5W | Devon Energy Production Co, L.P. | 000125974 | 9.8 km | 5,000 | 11,605–12,143 |
| Zgabay A #6W | Devon Energy Production Co, L.P. | 000125975 | 9.8 km | 5,000 | 11,715–12,139 |
Disposal in Gonzales County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2023paci 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/tx2023paci, documented in the API reference.