EARTHQUAKES · KARNES AREA · TX2023VCLB
Magnitude 2.0 11 km S of Smiley, Texas
Friday, October 27, 2023, 11:06:38 PM Central · 2023-10-28 04:06:38 UTC
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 11 km S of Smiley, Texas on October 27, 2023 at 11:06 PM Central, 6.2 km deep, in the Karnes County area.
It is one of 76 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.4.
4 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 5.7 km away and operated by Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC; together they hold 71,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.0
- ML, reviewed
- 6.2
- km deep · 20,348 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 76
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 4
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 719
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 29.1680, -97.6160
- County area
- Karnes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 2023, 8:23 PM | 2.1 | 6.4 km | 7.3 km |
| Jul 22, 2023, 12:01 AM | 2.3 | 6.2 km | 6.9 km |
| Jul 21, 2023, 11:44 PM | 2.2 | 6.9 km | 7.8 km |
| Jul 21, 2023, 1:58 AM | 2.3 | 5.6 km | 7.5 km |
| Jul 20, 2023, 10:32 PM | 2.1 | 6.3 km | 7.5 km |
| Jul 6, 2023, 9:15 AM | 2.0 | 8.2 km | 7.7 km |
| Jun 21, 2023, 12:04 PM | 2.2 | 8.2 km | 7.8 km |
| Jun 20, 2023, 4:24 PM | 2.5 | 8.4 km | 7.6 km |
| May 22, 2023, 3:36 AM | 2.9 | 6.3 km | 5.5 km |
| May 14, 2023, 4:39 PM | 2.2 | 9.2 km | 2.8 km |
| Jul 13, 2024, 8:10 PM | 2.3 | 5.2 km | 7.2 km |
| May 19, 2022, 11:17 PM | 2.0 | 5.1 km | 8.8 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.4 on Apr 10, 2021.
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 Yorktown SWD #1 | Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC | 000105684 | 5.7 km | 25,000 | 4,400–7,900 |
| Copeland-Gsi #1H #1 | Milestone Smiley, LLC | 000107298 | 6 km | 25,000 | 9,230–9,750 |
| Borchers, H. F. #1 | Yates Energy Corporation | 000039028 | 7.3 km | 1,000 | 2,100–2,500 |
| Westhoff SWD #1 | Evx Operating LLC | 000105426 | 9.9 km | 20,000 | 4,920–6,680 |
Disposal in Karnes County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2023vclb 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/tx2023vclb, documented in the API reference.