EARTHQUAKES · SAN AUGUSTINE AREA · TX2024GNUL

Magnitude 3.0 5 km WSW of Chireno, Texas

Tuesday, April 2, 2024, 5:17:27 PM Central · 2024-04-02 22:17:27 UTC

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake 5 km WSW of Chireno, Texas on April 2, 2024 at 5:17 PM Central, 7.6 km deep, in the San Augustine County area.

It is one of 2 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; this is the largest of them.

1 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 5.9 km away and operated by Common Disposal, LLC; together they hold 25,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M3.0: ML, reviewed
7.6: km deep · 25,072 ft
0: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
2: M2+ within 10 km, all time
1: active injection wells within 10 km
135: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 31.4730, -94.4040
County area: San Augustine 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
May 3, 2024, 9:21 PM	2.6	0.6 km	6.4 km

Largest nearby on record: M2.6 on May 4, 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.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
Chireno SWD #1	Common Disposal, LLC	000102297	5.9 km	25,000	5,090–5,400

Disposal in San Augustine County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →

About this data

Event tx2024gnul 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/tx2024gnul, documented in the API reference.