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EARTHQUAKES · GLASSCOCK AREA · TX2024BFBN

Magnitude 2.0 11 km W of Forsan, Texas

Wednesday, January 17, 2024, 5:58:39 PM Central · 2024-01-17 23:58:39 UTC

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 11 km W of Forsan, Texas on January 17, 2024 at 5:58 PM Central, 9.4 km deep, in the Glasscock County area.

It is one of 30 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M2.7.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.3 km away and operated by Surge Operating, LLC; together they hold 121,150 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

9 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 25,154 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.0
ML, reviewed
9.4
km deep · 30,731 ft
0
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
30
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
265
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.1300, -101.4890
County area
Glasscock 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
Dec 12, 2023, 8:04 AM2.20.6 km6.6 km
Jun 24, 2024, 7:12 AM2.14.1 km9.1 km
Jul 3, 2024, 11:47 AM2.24 km9.8 km
Jul 30, 2023, 2:23 AM2.43.8 km0.0 km
Jun 25, 2023, 4:01 AM2.14 km11.8 km
Sep 6, 2024, 8:46 PM2.00.6 km9.3 km
Dec 31, 2024, 2:37 AM2.03.8 km9.0 km
Jan 3, 2025, 12:35 AM2.73.9 km9.0 km
Jan 13, 2025, 9:21 PM2.23.9 km8.1 km
Mar 29, 2025, 10:17 AM2.34.1 km6.6 km
Apr 6, 2025, 6:47 PM2.63.9 km8.9 km
Oct 21, 2022, 8:20 PM2.44 km0.0 km

Largest nearby on record: M2.7 on Jan 3, 2025.

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. 9 of these report daily to TexNet: 25.2K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Glass SWD #1Surge Operating, LLC0001050231.3 km15,0002,845–5,000
Tubb SWD #1DCivitas Permian Operating, LLC0001164212.6 km10,0002,998–3,786
Boa 12 #2Trilogy Operating, Inc.0001059314.7 km10,0004,200–5,700
Glasscock, Howard W. (G-S) Unit #126Basa Resources, Inc.0000156134.7 km1,1502,208–2,398
Glasscock, Howard W. (G-S) Unit #192WBasa Resources, Inc.0001057434.7 km7,0002,000–2,700
Glasscock, Howard W. (G-S) Unit #193WBasa Resources, Inc.0001057414.8 km7,0002,000–2,700
Kloh Etal #20WApache Corporation0000153404.8 km5,0002,258–3,000
Glasscock, Howard W. (G-S) Unit #194WBasa Resources, Inc.0001057424.8 km7,0002,000–2,700
Glasscock, Howard W. (G-S) Unit #174WBasa Resources, Inc.0001016034.8 km5,0002,000–2,700
Glasscock, Howard W. (G-S) Unit #121RWBasa Resources, Inc.0001016014.9 km5,0002,000–2,700
Glasscock, Howard W. (G-S) Unit #503Basa Resources, Inc.0001264774.9 km24,0002,300–2,700
Connally #2841OXY USA Inc.0001152424.9 km10,0003,450–4,650
Glasscock, Howard W. (G-S) Unit #175WBasa Resources, Inc.0001015985 km5,0002,000–2,700
Glasscock, Howard W. (G-S) Unit #124RWBasa Resources, Inc.0001016875.1 km5,0002,000–2,700
Glasscock, Howard W. (G-S) Unit #156RWBasa Resources, Inc.0001015765.1 km5,0002,000–2,700

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About this data

Event tx2024bfbn 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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