EARTHQUAKES · LIVE OAK AREA · TX2024QEMO
Magnitude 2.0 24 km E of Christine, Texas
Saturday, August 17, 2024, 10:27:58 PM Central · 2024-08-18 03:27:58 UTC
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 24 km E of Christine, Texas on August 17, 2024 at 10:27 PM Central, 7.2 km deep, in the Live Oak County area.
It is one of 46 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 5 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.5.
5 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3.8 km away and operated by South Texas Oilfield Sol, LLC; together they hold 80,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
1 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 829 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.0
- ML, reviewed
- 7.2
- km deep · 23,738 ft
- 5
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 46
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 5
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 282
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.7590, -98.2440
- County area
- Live Oak County
- On a map
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- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2024, 10:43 AM | 2.7 | 0.3 km | 6.9 km |
| Aug 16, 2024, 1:43 AM | 2.2 | 1 km | 8.0 km |
| Aug 15, 2024, 10:09 AM | 2.2 | 2.6 km | 7.1 km |
| Aug 15, 2024, 6:24 AM | 2.0 | 1.4 km | 8.3 km |
| Aug 15, 2024, 6:15 AM | 2.1 | 1 km | 6.8 km |
| Apr 23, 2024, 3:05 AM | 2.8 | 6.4 km | 9.6 km |
| Apr 22, 2024, 6:13 AM | 2.3 | 5.8 km | 4.4 km |
| Oct 9, 2023, 3:28 AM | 2.0 | 9.5 km | 7.2 km |
| Sep 3, 2023, 6:12 AM | 2.3 | 9.6 km | 6.9 km |
| Aug 6, 2023, 7:03 PM | 2.1 | 6.7 km | 6.6 km |
| Apr 3, 2023, 5:23 AM | 2.6 | 5.4 km | 3.3 km |
| Mar 20, 2023, 3:14 AM | 2.3 | 9.4 km | 6.3 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.5 on Apr 8, 2026.
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. 1 of these report daily to TexNet: 829 bbl/d in Aug 2026.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rsi Atascosa SWD #2 | South Texas Oilfield Sol, LLC | 000109542 | 3.8 km | 20,000 | 5,500–6,150 |
| Rsi Atascosa SWD #1 | South Texas Oilfield Sol, LLC | 000104141 | 4 km | 25,000 | 5,500–6,150 |
| Guajillo East #71H | Marathon Oil EF LLC | 000124725 | 8 km | — | 10,427–11,129 |
| Schumann et al Gas Unit 3 SWD #2 | XTO Energy Inc. | 000104403 | 9.2 km | 10,000 | 6,030–6,550 |
| FF Fashing SWD #1A | Evx Operating LLC | 000105713 | 9.8 km | 25,000 | 6,000–6,600 |
Disposal in Live Oak County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2024qemo 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/tx2024qemo, documented in the API reference.