EARTHQUAKES · MARTIN AREA · TX2024OKVU

Magnitude 2.0 34 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas

Tuesday, July 23, 2024, 10:52:21 PM Central · 2024-07-24 03:52:21 UTC

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 34 km E of McKinney Acres, Texas on July 23, 2024 at 10:52 PM Central, 7.5 km deep, in the Martin County area.

It is one of 82 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.8.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.3 km away and operated by High Lonesome Midstream, LLC; together they hold 307,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

14 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 80,293 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.0
ML, reviewed
7.5
km deep · 24,671 ft
2
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
82
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
991
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.3620, -102.1720
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
Jul 31, 2024, 9:57 AM2.99.6 km7.9 km
Jul 15, 2024, 9:39 PM2.20.6 km8.1 km
Jun 25, 2024, 7:38 AM2.19.6 km7.2 km
Jun 22, 2024, 8:49 AM2.15.3 km6.7 km
Jun 12, 2024, 9:18 PM2.08.7 km8.8 km
Jun 10, 2024, 3:27 PM2.35.7 km6.9 km
Jun 10, 2024, 2:04 AM3.16.1 km7.1 km
Sep 6, 2024, 4:10 PM2.04.8 km7.7 km
Sep 6, 2024, 5:54 PM2.04.4 km7.6 km
Sep 6, 2024, 7:47 PM2.15 km8.5 km
Jun 8, 2024, 10:28 AM2.26.4 km6.6 km
Sep 10, 2024, 7:44 PM2.19.3 km9.8 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.8 on Mar 5, 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. 14 of these report daily to TexNet: 80.3K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Mabee J SWD #D 1High Lonesome Midstream, LLC0001100542.3 km20,0004,800–5,500
University 7-31B SWD #D 1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001175132.8 km40,00012,400–14,163
University SWD #D 1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001101143 km20,0004,800–5,550
University 7-27 SWD #D 2Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001153393.5 km40,00012,700–14,200
Capri SWD #1Stonehill Martin, LLC0001182294.1 km30,0004,500–5,680
University 7-26 SWD #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001027094.6 km15,0004,850–5,265
Capri SWD #2Stonehill Martin, LLC0001259864.8 km20,0004,350–5,700
State of Texas AR #2DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001003745.1 km15,0004,927–5,050
University "7-15" #1DPioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.0001154425.4 km25,0004,500–5,600
University "7-43" #1DPioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.0001097705.5 km18,0004,700–5,300
Dorothy Faye-K- #D 1Ovintiv USA Inc.0001086626 km20,0004,775–5,585
University -B- #2Crosstex Services, L.L.C.0000794086.2 km5,0004,940–6,500
University "7-43" #6DPioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.0001043426.3 km12,0004,500–5,800
Univ. 14-7 #3DOvintiv USA Inc.0000189437.1 km7,5004,525–5,470
Corsica SWD 2 #2Stonehill Martin, LLC0001260907.7 km20,0004,200–5,228

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About this data

Event tx2024okvu 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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