EARTHQUAKES · MARTIN AREA · TX2024UNCF

Magnitude 3.1 34 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas

Friday, October 18, 2024, 1:34:22 PM Central · 2024-10-18 18:34:22 UTC

A magnitude 3.1 earthquake 34 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas on October 18, 2024 at 1:34 PM Central, 6.4 km deep, in the Martin County area.

It is one of 235 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 13 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 km away and operated by Deep Blue Operating I LLC; together they hold 330,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

27 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 185,982 barrels a day in August 2026.

M3.1
ML, reviewed
6.4
km deep · 20,907 ft
13
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
235
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
1,114
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.4120, -102.0590
County area
Martin 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 18, 2024, 1:24 PM3.40.2 km7.2 km
Oct 20, 2024, 2:56 AM2.01.1 km7.3 km
Oct 16, 2024, 6:13 AM2.41.5 km8.6 km
Oct 22, 2024, 7:02 AM2.10.8 km6.9 km
Oct 9, 2024, 10:10 PM2.06.9 km7.7 km
Oct 3, 2024, 4:00 AM2.10.5 km7.9 km
Oct 2, 2024, 9:43 PM3.20.1 km7.3 km
Nov 4, 2024, 5:31 PM2.04.9 km8.3 km
Sep 27, 2024, 12:24 PM3.31.4 km7.7 km
Nov 10, 2024, 7:37 PM2.33.4 km8.7 km
Sep 23, 2024, 5:14 AM2.91.4 km8.5 km
Sep 22, 2024, 7:49 PM2.00.7 km8.7 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. 27 of these report daily to TexNet: 186K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Jones-Holton SWD #2WDDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001055674 km20,0004,200–5,700
Jones-Holton D #5DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001165214.2 km40,00011,000–14,000
Corsica SWD 2 #2Stonehill Martin, LLC0001260904.8 km20,0004,200–5,228
Breedlove Ursa #2DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001246515.8 km30,0003,988–5,308
Jones-Holton SWD #1WDDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001055276.4 km20,0004,200–5,632
Jones-Holton D #4DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001126426.8 km20,00011,000–14,000
Jones-Holton SWD #25DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001123757 km20,0004,200–5,600
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #49Ovintiv USA Inc.0001051218 km10,00011,745–12,675
Capri SWD #2Stonehill Martin, LLC0001259868.1 km20,0004,350–5,700
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #47Ovintiv USA Inc.0000998958.2 km10,00011,242–12,617
O'Neal #1DDiamondback E&P LLC0000107228.4 km10,0004,250–4,800
Jones-Holton SWD #3DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001125658.5 km30,0004,200–6,000
Capri SWD #1Stonehill Martin, LLC0001182298.8 km30,0004,500–5,680
Hecker #1DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001139428.8 km20,00011,000–14,000
Cox 11 SWD #1Ovintiv USA Inc.0001035818.8 km30,0004,600–5,204

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About this data

Event tx2024uncf 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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