EARTHQUAKES · ATASCOSA AREA · TX2023UMBT
Magnitude 2.0 6 km ENE of Christine, Texas
Thursday, October 19, 2023, 12:13:18 AM Central · 2023-10-19 05:13:18 UTC
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 6 km ENE of Christine, Texas on October 19, 2023 at 12:13 AM Central, 6.3 km deep, in the Atascosa County area.
It is one of 25 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 4 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.1.
5 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 9.1 km away and operated by Tru-Resources, LLC; together they hold 53,200 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.0
- ML, reviewed
- 6.3
- km deep · 20,565 ft
- 4
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 25
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 5
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 71
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.8200, -98.4440
- County area
- Atascosa 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 2023, 10:15 PM | 2.2 | 3.4 km | 8.3 km |
| Oct 14, 2023, 11:36 PM | 2.4 | 2.1 km | 8.1 km |
| Oct 9, 2023, 5:30 PM | 2.2 | 1.5 km | 8.0 km |
| Sep 25, 2023, 12:17 PM | 2.5 | 2.3 km | 7.7 km |
| Oct 6, 2025, 1:28 PM | 2.4 | 6.3 km | 8.3 km |
| Oct 6, 2025, 3:23 PM | 2.5 | 6.9 km | 8.6 km |
| Oct 6, 2025, 6:18 PM | 2.0 | 7 km | 8.3 km |
| Oct 6, 2025, 8:12 PM | 2.1 | 7.7 km | 8.2 km |
| Oct 7, 2025, 3:24 AM | 2.1 | 7.8 km | 7.5 km |
| Oct 7, 2025, 6:40 AM | 2.2 | 7.6 km | 8.4 km |
| Oct 7, 2025, 12:59 PM | 2.0 | 7.4 km | 8.1 km |
| Oct 7, 2025, 2:45 PM | 2.1 | 7.5 km | 8.8 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.1 on Jun 1, 2018.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MH Pleasanton SWD #1 | Tru-Resources, LLC | 000105025 | 9.1 km | 25,000 | 8,200–9,000 |
| Hirsch SWD #1 | Ruidoso Resources LLC | 000104121 | 9.6 km | 20,000 | 6,500–9,700 |
| Troell, C. T. #7 | Mazco Energy LLC | 000000825 | 9.6 km | 2,200 | 570–693 |
| Troell, C. T. #4 | Mazco Energy LLC | 000000824 | 9.7 km | 3,000 | 690–830 |
| Coward, H. H. #5 | Pearl, Bill H. Productions, Inc. | 000054861 | 9.7 km | 3,000 | 7,550–7,610 |
Disposal in Atascosa County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2023umbt 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/tx2023umbt, documented in the API reference.