EARTHQUAKES · JOHNSON AREA · TX2024IOLX
Magnitude 3.1 7 km SSW of Mansfield, Texas
Wednesday, May 1, 2024, 1:09:33 PM Central · 2024-05-01 18:09:33 UTC
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake 7 km SSW of Mansfield, Texas on May 1, 2024 at 1:09 PM Central, 3.8 km deep, in the Johnson County area.
It is one of 6 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.4.
5 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1 km away and operated by Bosque Disposal Systems, LLC; together they hold 157,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M3.1
- ML, reviewed
- 3.8
- km deep · 12,576 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 6
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 5
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 20
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 32.5040, -97.1800
- County area
- Johnson 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 1, 2024, 1:03 PM | 3.2 | 3 km | 5.8 km |
| Jul 2, 2022, 5:38 PM | 2.3 | 3 km | 7.3 km |
| Oct 1, 2019, 3:21 AM | 3.2 | 1.6 km | 5.0 km |
| Jul 8, 2019, 12:02 PM | 2.5 | 5.3 km | 5.0 km |
| May 18, 2018, 7:45 PM | 3.4 | 2.8 km | 5.0 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.4 on May 19, 2018.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophia SWD #2 | Bosque Disposal Systems, LLC | 000099676 | 1 km | 35,000 | 9,000–11,600 |
| Metro SWD #1 | Bosque Disposal Systems, LLC | 000098954 | 7.4 km | 30,000 | 11,000–12,000 |
| Highway 67 SWD #1 | Pinnergy, Ltd. | 000098632 | 9.3 km | 25,000 | 9,325–11,876 |
| Rose #1 | Bosque Disposal Systems, LLC | 000098425 | 9.3 km | 30,000 | 8,994–11,250 |
| Vortex SWD #1 | Upp Operating, LLC | 000095462 | 9.9 km | 37,000 | 8,600–11,235 |
Disposal in Johnson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2024iolx 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/tx2024iolx, documented in the API reference.