EARTHQUAKES · FRIO AREA · TX2024VLET

Magnitude 2.5 11 km ENE of Dilley, Texas

Thursday, October 31, 2024, 6:07:30 PM Central · 2024-10-31 23:07:30 UTC

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake 11 km ENE of Dilley, Texas on October 31, 2024 at 6:07 PM Central, 6.0 km deep, in the Frio County area.

It is one of 21 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M2.9.

7 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3.6 km away and operated by Eagle Ford Water and Disposl LLC; together they hold 45,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.5
ML, reviewed
6.0
km deep · 19,754 ft
0
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
21
M2+ within 10 km, all time
7
active injection wells within 10 km
142
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
28.6900, -99.0590
County area
Frio County
On a map
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Catalog
TexNet earthquake catalog ↗

Around it in time and space

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

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Nov 9, 2024, 1:10 AM2.75.8 km6.9 km
Nov 21, 2024, 9:38 AM2.91.3 km4.8 km
Dec 13, 2024, 11:45 PM2.67.4 km3.2 km
Sep 6, 2024, 3:22 PM2.09 km7.7 km
Feb 8, 2025, 11:59 PM2.21.7 km8.0 km
Apr 23, 2024, 6:30 PM2.16.6 km6.5 km
Jun 9, 2025, 9:58 AM2.09 km3.5 km
Jun 14, 2025, 3:44 AM2.64 km8.8 km
Jun 19, 2025, 7:22 AM2.33.3 km7.1 km
Dec 30, 2023, 10:32 PM2.05 km1.2 km
Oct 2, 2025, 8:03 PM2.35.1 km4.5 km
Oct 31, 2025, 1:36 PM2.19.4 km8.4 km

Largest nearby on record: M2.9 on Nov 21, 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.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Frio SWD #1Eagle Ford Water and Disposl LLC0001053043.6 km7,5005,100–5,400
Lancaster Agi #1Targa Southtex Mdstrm Utility LP0001043034.1 km3,5008,400–9,850
Morales, Fred #3Blackbrush O & G, LLC0000866304.7 km2,0005,350–5,551
Shiner Ranch #7Trinity Oper (Usg), LLC0000789495.3 km3,0005,530–5,800
Wilson Ranch #11Sydri Oper, LLC0001087928.5 km25,0008,218–8,294
Davis, Ruth Dakin #1Block "T" Petro, Inc0001014868.6 km5004,900–6,000
Lonestar Operating SWD #1FW Eagle Ford I, LLC0001146169.2 km4,0008,341–8,949

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

About this data

TexNet catalog event tx2024vlet, as published by the 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/tx2024vlet, documented in the API reference.