EARTHQUAKES · MARTIN AREA · TX2024SMJS
Magnitude 2.1 34 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas
Thursday, September 19, 2024, 5:09:10 PM Central · 2024-09-19 22:09:10 UTC
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 34 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas on September 19, 2024 at 5:09 PM Central, 8.6 km deep, in the Martin County area.
It is one of 236 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 16 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M5.1.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 4.3 km away and operated by Deep Blue Operating I LLC; together they hold 320,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
26 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 168,159 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.1
- ML, reviewed
- 8.6
- km deep · 28,116 ft
- 16
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 236
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 1,066
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 32.4140, -102.0610
- County area
- Martin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 2024, 11:42 AM | 2.0 | 0.9 km | 8.8 km |
| Sep 20, 2024, 2:17 AM | 2.5 | 0.5 km | 8.7 km |
| Sep 21, 2024, 4:25 AM | 2.7 | 0.8 km | 5.9 km |
| Sep 21, 2024, 4:27 AM | 2.9 | 0.3 km | 8.1 km |
| Sep 18, 2024, 3:42 AM | 2.0 | 1 km | 7.7 km |
| Sep 17, 2024, 5:22 AM | 2.3 | 1.5 km | 8.2 km |
| Sep 17, 2024, 12:46 AM | 2.9 | 1.8 km | 8.5 km |
| Sep 16, 2024, 9:07 PM | 2.0 | 1.6 km | 8.8 km |
| Sep 16, 2024, 7:53 PM | 2.9 | 0.6 km | 6.9 km |
| Sep 16, 2024, 7:49 PM | 5.1 | 0.5 km | 6.1 km |
| Sep 22, 2024, 7:49 PM | 2.0 | 0.5 km | 8.7 km |
| Sep 23, 2024, 5:14 AM | 2.9 | 1.1 km | 8.5 km |
Largest nearby on record: M5.1 on Sep 17, 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. 26 of these report daily to TexNet: 168K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
Disposal in Martin County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2024smjs 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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