EARTHQUAKES · HOWARD AREA · TX2024LIMX

Magnitude 2.4 19 km SE of Ackerly, Texas

Sunday, June 9, 2024, 11:30:08 PM Central · 2024-06-10 04:30:08 UTC

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake 19 km SE of Ackerly, Texas on June 9, 2024 at 11:30 PM Central, 5.9 km deep, in the Howard County area.

It is one of 60 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.9.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.3 km away and operated by Surge Operating, LLC; together they hold 274,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

26 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 141,456 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.4: ML, reviewed
5.9: km deep · 19,465 ft
1: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
60: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
1,165: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 32.4230, -101.5450
County area: Howard 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
Jun 1, 2024, 8:01 AM	2.2	7.4 km	7.0 km
Mar 14, 2024, 7:08 AM	2.4	8.4 km	7.5 km
Jan 7, 2024, 6:26 PM	2.1	8.8 km	4.6 km
Jan 7, 2024, 12:49 AM	3.1	8.3 km	5.7 km
Jan 6, 2024, 11:19 PM	2.5	8.1 km	5.3 km
Dec 20, 2023, 8:30 AM	2.5	9 km	6.3 km
Dec 20, 2023, 8:19 AM	3.5	9.4 km	6.3 km
Nov 2, 2023, 2:45 PM	2.4	4.2 km	4.0 km
Nov 2, 2023, 2:39 PM	3.3	4.6 km	4.5 km
Oct 8, 2023, 2:24 AM	2.4	0.1 km	8.2 km
Feb 18, 2025, 11:11 PM	2.1	6.8 km	5.4 km
Feb 28, 2025, 3:47 PM	2.6	9.3 km	6.8 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.9 on Jun 6, 2022.

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. 26 of these report daily to TexNet: 141K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
Shroyer #2D	Surge Operating, LLC	000115597	2.3 km	20,000	8,850–12,500
Elrod-Antell #1D	Surge Operating, LLC	000115608	2.8 km	25,000	8,850–12,500
87 Airstrip SWD #1	DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC	000114948	3.5 km	20,000	10,340–11,500
Garrett-Snell Unit B 36-25 #1D	Surge Operating, LLC	000114783	4.1 km	25,000	8,900–12,500
Stasey #1	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000084968	4.6 km	1,500	3,300–6,000
Iden #1	P4 Operating, LLC	000118362	5.2 km	30,000	10,100–10,500
Son of Big Bad #1	Mid River Midstream LLC	000068130	5.3 km	12,500	3,430–6,059
8410 JV-P Mayfield #1	Hibernia Resources IV, LLC	000085788	5.3 km	10,000	3,280–4,740
Knott SWD #2	DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC	000114780	5.4 km	20,000	10,380–12,000
Knott SWD #1	DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC	000108017	5.9 km	20,000	3,700–6,000
Beall SWD #1	Select Water Solutions, LLC	000115691	6.1 km	25,000	10,000–11,500
Hughes #1D	Surge Operating, LLC	000111535	6.1 km	15,000	3,200–5,450
8410 JV-P Watters #1W	Hibernia Resources IV, LLC	000067376	6.2 km	10,000	3,200–4,800
87 Fairview SWD #1	P4 Operating, LLC	000111903	6.3 km	20,000	3,000–4,600
McNew #2D	Mes Lenorah, LLC	000118260	6.7 km	20,000	2,750–5,000

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About this data

Event tx2024limx 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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