EARTHQUAKES · HOWARD AREA · TX2024ALMO

Magnitude 3.1 17 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas

Sunday, January 7, 2024, 12:49:27 AM Central · 2024-01-07 06:49:27 UTC

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake 17 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas on January 7, 2024 at 12:49 AM Central, 5.7 km deep, in the Howard County area.

It is one of 79 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 4 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.9.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.6 km away and operated by Deep Blue Operating I LLC; together they hold 395,880 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

45 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 242,828 barrels a day in August 2026.

M3.1: ML, reviewed
5.7: km deep · 18,856 ft
4: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
79: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
1,548: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 32.3870, -101.6220
County area: Howard 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
Jan 6, 2024, 11:19 PM	2.5	0.3 km	5.3 km
Jan 7, 2024, 6:26 PM	2.1	1 km	4.6 km
Dec 25, 2023, 5:31 AM	2.0	8.4 km	6.5 km
Dec 20, 2023, 8:30 AM	2.5	1.1 km	6.3 km
Dec 20, 2023, 8:19 AM	3.5	1.2 km	6.3 km
Nov 2, 2023, 2:45 PM	2.4	4.1 km	4.0 km
Nov 2, 2023, 2:39 PM	3.3	3.7 km	4.5 km
Oct 8, 2023, 2:24 AM	2.4	8.3 km	8.2 km
Jun 1, 2024, 8:01 AM	2.2	0.9 km	7.0 km
Jun 9, 2024, 11:30 PM	2.4	8.3 km	5.9 km
Jul 31, 2023, 4:25 AM	3.5	3.8 km	5.8 km
Jul 29, 2023, 8:08 PM	2.3	3.4 km	7.1 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.9 on Jun 6, 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. 45 of these report daily to TexNet: 243K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
Cottonmouth #1D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000122084	2.6 km	38,880	10,440–11,955
Andre the Giant SWD #1	Birch Operations, Inc.	000117700	2.8 km	80,000	10,500–11,500
Knott SWD #1	DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC	000108017	2.9 km	20,000	3,700–6,000
Knott SWD #2	DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC	000114780	3.1 km	20,000	10,380–12,000
Stasey #1	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000084968	3.7 km	1,500	3,300–6,000
Hulkster SWD #1	Birch Operations, Inc.	000117568	3.8 km	60,000	10,871–11,380
West Knott SWD #1	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000105375	4.3 km	20,000	3,340–4,800
Beall SWD #1	Select Water Solutions, LLC	000115691	4.5 km	25,000	10,000–11,500
Nichols 17 #1	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000110031	4.7 km	15,000	3,300–6,620
Hughes SWD #1	Pilot Water Solutions Permianllc	000109473	5.1 km	35,000	3,200–4,800
Ray, Dois #1	P4 Operating, LLC	000110736	5.3 km	25,000	3,104–3,230
Son of Big Bad #1	Mid River Midstream LLC	000068130	5.7 km	12,500	3,430–6,059
87 Airstrip SWD #1	DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC	000114948	5.7 km	20,000	10,340–11,500
Lloyd SWD #2	New Height Energy, LLC	000097001	5.7 km	8,000	2,714–3,122
Hughes #1D	Surge Operating, LLC	000111535	5.9 km	15,000	3,200–5,450

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About this data

Event tx2024almo 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.

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