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EARTHQUAKES · MARTIN AREA · TX2024BIFE

Magnitude 2.5 32 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas

Friday, January 19, 2024, 11:12:43 AM Central · 2024-01-19 17:12:43 UTC

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake 32 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas on January 19, 2024 at 11:12 AM Central, 9.4 km deep, in the Martin County area.

It is one of 220 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M5.1.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.4 km away and operated by Deep Blue Operating I LLC; together they hold 369,950 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

25 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 176,532 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.5
ML, reviewed
9.4
km deep · 30,971 ft
2
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
220
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
1,108
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.4110, -102.0320
County area
Martin County
On a map
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Around it in time and space

M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Jan 18, 2024, 5:37 AM2.20.7 km9.0 km
Jan 21, 2024, 5:56 AM2.10.6 km8.3 km
Jan 21, 2024, 10:39 AM3.31 km8.8 km
Jan 21, 2024, 6:03 PM3.41 km8.5 km
Jan 21, 2024, 8:08 PM3.00.3 km9.0 km
Jan 22, 2024, 6:05 AM2.00.8 km9.0 km
Jan 22, 2024, 8:01 AM2.40.5 km11.3 km
Jan 26, 2024, 8:09 PM2.70 km6.2 km
Feb 3, 2024, 7:47 AM2.20.4 km7.4 km
Feb 3, 2024, 9:51 AM2.60.3 km8.3 km
Jan 1, 2024, 1:13 AM2.15.2 km9.9 km
Feb 26, 2024, 2:40 AM2.20.4 km10.4 km

Largest nearby on record: M5.1 on Sep 17, 2024.

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. 25 of these report daily to TexNet: 177K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Jones-Holton SWD #2WDDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001055672.4 km20,0004,200–5,700
Jones-Holton D #5DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001165213 km40,00011,000–14,000
Jones-Holton SWD #1WDDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001055275.2 km20,0004,200–5,632
Jones-Holton D #4DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001126425.5 km20,00011,000–14,000
Jones-Holton SWD #25DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001123755.7 km20,0004,200–5,600
Hecker #1DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001139426.3 km20,00011,000–14,000
Cox 11 SWD #1Ovintiv USA Inc.0001035816.5 km30,0004,600–5,204
Hecker #2DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001163826.8 km20,00011,000–14,000
Hecker SWD #2451SWDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001017927 km25,0004,100–5,545
Corsica SWD 2 #2Stonehill Martin, LLC0001260907.4 km20,0004,200–5,228
Gus McCrea SWD #2Deep Blue Central LLC0001200147.5 km24,9504,426–6,238
Jones-Holton SWD #3DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001125657.5 km30,0004,200–6,000
Peeler #D 1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001175447.5 km20,00011,777–13,200
Poe SWD #D 2Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001163137.6 km30,0003,731–5,319
Jones 130 #1DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0000992087.8 km30,0004,275–12,700

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About this data

Event tx2024bife 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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