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EARTHQUAKES · HOWARD AREA · TX2024RWCH

Magnitude 2.3 10 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas

Tuesday, September 10, 2024, 7:15:13 PM Central · 2024-09-11 00:15:13 UTC

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake 10 km SSE of Ackerly, Texas on September 10, 2024 at 7:15 PM Central, 7.5 km deep, in the Howard County area.

It is one of 77 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.6.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.7 km away and operated by Aqua Terra Permian, LLC; together they hold 445,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

37 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 319,562 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.3
ML, reviewed
7.5
km deep · 24,752 ft
0
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
77
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
1,390
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.4380, -101.6930
County area
Howard County
On a map
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Catalog
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Around it in time and space

M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Oct 16, 2024, 8:38 PM2.34.7 km5.8 km
Jun 1, 2024, 8:01 AM2.29.3 km7.0 km
Feb 18, 2025, 11:11 PM2.19.3 km5.4 km
Feb 28, 2025, 3:47 PM2.67.9 km6.8 km
Mar 18, 2025, 4:44 AM2.64.4 km7.3 km
May 15, 2025, 3:06 AM2.03.8 km8.4 km
Jan 7, 2024, 6:26 PM2.17.7 km4.6 km
Jan 7, 2024, 12:49 AM3.18.7 km5.7 km
Jan 6, 2024, 11:19 PM2.58.5 km5.3 km
Dec 25, 2023, 5:31 AM2.00.4 km6.5 km
Dec 23, 2023, 1:18 AM2.15.1 km7.2 km
Dec 22, 2023, 9:26 AM2.14.8 km8.1 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.6 on Jun 16, 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. 37 of these report daily to TexNet: 320K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Johnson, DC Disposal #202Aqua Terra Permian, LLC0000704340.7 km10,0003,723–4,600
Diamondback-Smith SWD #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001147531.3 km30,0003,180–4,900
Diamondback-Smith #2DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001178551.7 km30,00010,600–12,000
Arrowhead 3 #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0000849501.9 km10,0003,607–6,700
Atlantic SWD #1DKL Water Gathering Permian, LLC0001142892.3 km30,0003,334–4,567
Blagrave SWD 5 #1Aqua Terra Permian, LLC0001159433.9 km40,00010,600–12,000
Shortes, L. O. #1DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0000753554.3 km5,0004,392–5,026
Robinson 6 #1DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001163734.6 km40,00010,450–11,580
West Knott SWD #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001053755.1 km20,0003,340–4,800
7H SWD #1Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001167985.1 km20,0003,270–5,085
Triton SWD #1SM Energy Company0001194165.2 km50,00010,600–12,120
Hughes SWD #1Pilot Water Solutions Permianllc0001094735.2 km35,0003,200–4,800
Hulkster SWD #1Birch Operations, Inc.0001175685.3 km60,00010,871–11,380
Gaskins 43 #1DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001131695.4 km40,0009,350–11,900
Gorgon #2Deep Blue Operating I LLC0001203285.5 km25,0003,575–5,275

Disposal in Howard County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →

About this data

Event tx2024rwch 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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