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EARTHQUAKES · MARTIN AREA · TX2024FEJT

Magnitude 2.3 32 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas

Thursday, March 14, 2024, 8:07:22 AM Central · 2024-03-14 13:07:22 UTC

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake 32 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas on March 14, 2024 at 8:07 AM Central, 9.4 km deep, in the Martin County area.

It is one of 212 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 4 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 1.6 km away and operated by Deep Blue Operating I LLC; together they hold 379,950 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

29 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 223,791 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.3
ML, reviewed
9.4
km deep · 30,839 ft
4
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
212
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
1,119
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.4050, -102.0250
County area
Martin 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
Mar 12, 2024, 11:31 AM2.21.3 km8.1 km
Mar 11, 2024, 5:16 PM2.38.9 km6.8 km
Mar 5, 2024, 1:37 AM3.88.6 km6.3 km
Feb 26, 2024, 2:40 AM2.21.1 km10.4 km
Apr 1, 2024, 7:44 AM2.38.9 km6.6 km
Feb 3, 2024, 9:51 AM2.60.9 km8.3 km
Feb 3, 2024, 7:47 AM2.20.6 km7.4 km
Apr 30, 2024, 3:16 AM3.51.6 km8.0 km
Apr 30, 2024, 4:07 AM3.00.9 km8.2 km
Apr 30, 2024, 4:45 AM2.11.9 km7.4 km
Jan 26, 2024, 8:09 PM2.70.9 km6.2 km
May 5, 2024, 5:34 AM2.31.3 km8.5 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. 29 of these report daily to TexNet: 224K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Jones-Holton SWD #2WDDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001055671.6 km20,0004,200–5,700
Jones-Holton D #5DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001165212.3 km40,00011,000–14,000
Jones-Holton SWD #1WDDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001055274.4 km20,0004,200–5,632
Jones-Holton D #4DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001126424.6 km20,00011,000–14,000
Jones-Holton SWD #25DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001123754.9 km20,0004,200–5,600
Hecker #1DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001139425.5 km20,00011,000–14,000
Hecker #2DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001163825.9 km20,00011,000–14,000
Hecker SWD #2451SWDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001017926.1 km25,0004,100–5,545
Cox 11 SWD #1Ovintiv USA Inc.0001035816.4 km30,0004,600–5,204
Peeler #D 1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001175446.6 km20,00011,777–13,200
Poe SWD #D 2Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001163136.7 km30,0003,731–5,319
Jones-Holton SWD #3DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001125656.7 km30,0004,200–6,000
Gus McCrea SWD #2Deep Blue Central LLC0001200146.8 km24,9504,426–6,238
Jones 130 #1DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0000992086.9 km30,0004,275–12,700
GT Hall #D 1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001153457.9 km30,0003,749–5,369

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About this data

Event tx2024fejt 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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