EARTHQUAKES · GOLIAD AREA · TX2023RCXJ

Magnitude 2.9 1 km NNW of Nordheim, Texas

Friday, September 1, 2023, 7:11:41 AM Central · 2023-09-01 12:11:41 UTC

A magnitude 2.9 earthquake 1 km NNW of Nordheim, Texas on September 1, 2023 at 7:11 AM Central, 6.8 km deep, in the Goliad County area.

It is one of 37 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 5 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.9.

5 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.5 km away and operated by Petro Waste Environmental LP; together they hold 100,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.9
ML, reviewed
6.8
km deep · 22,358 ft
5
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
37
M2+ within 10 km, all time
5
active injection wells within 10 km
455
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
28.9340, -97.6140
County area
Goliad County
On a map
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Catalog
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Around it in time and space

M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Aug 21, 2023, 9:46 PM2.62.1 km4.0 km
Aug 19, 2023, 9:19 AM2.11.5 km7.0 km
Aug 18, 2023, 8:18 AM2.41.9 km4.0 km
Aug 18, 2023, 12:14 AM2.92.1 km4.1 km
Aug 17, 2023, 12:37 PM2.32.4 km3.6 km
Oct 7, 2023, 10:19 AM2.23.1 km4.7 km
Oct 9, 2023, 8:59 AM3.92.1 km4.5 km
Jul 28, 2024, 4:34 AM2.02.5 km4.7 km
Jul 29, 2024, 4:52 PM2.32.2 km4.7 km
Aug 16, 2024, 10:41 PM2.02.6 km4.8 km
Jul 12, 2022, 4:55 AM2.67.8 km3.7 km
Jul 12, 2022, 3:39 AM2.68.5 km5.3 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.9 on Oct 9, 2023.

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
Wm ES Hohn RD SWD NO #1Petro Waste Environmental LP0001253782.5 km15,0005,500–7,700
D'laine SWD #2KB Shaw, LLC0001012483.2 km20,0003,600–4,500
Yorktown West 72 SWD #1Evx Oper LLC0001044936.1 km20,0006,600–8,000
Rooster SWD #1Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC0001185649.1 km25,0006,100–10,000
Phoenix #1Phoenix Midstream, LLC00010570010 km20,0006,400–7,700

Disposal in Goliad County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →

About this data

TexNet catalog event tx2023rcxj, as published by the 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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