EARTHQUAKES · GONZALES AREA · TX2024AAEJ
Magnitude 2.0 17 km E of Smiley, Texas
Sunday, December 31, 2023, 8:11:02 PM Central · 2024-01-01 02:11:02 UTC
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 17 km E of Smiley, Texas on December 31, 2023 at 8:11 PM Central, 8.6 km deep, in the Gonzales County area.
It is one of 65 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 5 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.5.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 5.5 km away and operated by CWR Management LLC; together they hold 150,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.0
- ML, reviewed
- 8.6
- km deep · 28,241 ft
- 5
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 65
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 430
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 29.2900, -97.4620
- County area
- Gonzales 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 31, 2023, 9:39 PM | 3.0 | 5.4 km | 3.4 km |
| Dec 31, 2023, 3:57 PM | 2.1 | 2.4 km | 7.3 km |
| Dec 29, 2023, 3:45 PM | 2.2 | 4.7 km | 6.2 km |
| Dec 29, 2023, 3:10 PM | 2.3 | 3.8 km | 6.1 km |
| Dec 28, 2023, 4:39 PM | 2.0 | 4.4 km | 6.6 km |
| Dec 28, 2023, 9:44 AM | 2.5 | 3.9 km | 7.8 km |
| Aug 27, 2023, 5:51 PM | 2.0 | 9.3 km | 6.6 km |
| Aug 2, 2023, 7:12 AM | 2.2 | 3.1 km | 5.9 km |
| Jul 22, 2023, 8:16 AM | 2.0 | 3.6 km | 8.0 km |
| Jul 21, 2023, 10:27 PM | 2.0 | 3.3 km | 8.5 km |
| Jul 21, 2023, 9:18 PM | 2.6 | 3.8 km | 7.2 km |
| Jul 20, 2023, 9:02 AM | 2.1 | 2.9 km | 7.1 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.
Disposal in Gonzales County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2024aaej 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/tx2024aaej, documented in the API reference.