EARTHQUAKES · FRIO AREA · TX2024WAKR

Magnitude 2.7 6 km E of Dilley, Texas

Saturday, November 9, 2024, 1:10:27 AM Central · 2024-11-09 07:10:27 UTC

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake 6 km E of Dilley, Texas on November 9, 2024 at 1:10 AM Central, 6.9 km deep, in the Frio County area.

It is one of 20 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.6.

10 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 6.8 km away and operated by First Rock, Inc; together they hold 134,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.7
ML, reviewed
6.9
km deep · 22,700 ft
1
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
20
M2+ within 10 km, all time
10
active injection wells within 10 km
115
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
28.6620, -99.1090
County area
Frio 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 31, 2024, 6:07 PM2.55.8 km6.0 km
Nov 21, 2024, 9:38 AM2.94.5 km4.8 km
Feb 8, 2025, 11:59 PM2.26.7 km8.0 km
Jun 9, 2025, 9:58 AM2.06.7 km3.5 km
Jun 14, 2025, 3:44 AM2.65.2 km8.8 km
Jun 19, 2025, 7:22 AM2.37 km7.1 km
Oct 2, 2025, 8:03 PM2.39.5 km4.5 km
Jan 16, 2026, 7:51 PM2.39.9 km7.2 km
Feb 2, 2026, 9:37 PM2.09 km8.3 km
Jun 1, 2026, 1:03 PM2.35.2 km8.5 km
Jun 24, 2026, 5:59 AM2.19 km4.9 km
Jul 12, 2026, 3:11 PM2.49.2 km7.4 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.6 on Jul 12, 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.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Dilley Unit -A- #1First Rock, Inc0001044256.8 km25,0004,900–6,000
Krisjenn Ranch SWD #1C&e Prod, LLC0001080847.3 km20,0007,900–9,500
Cat-Dilley SWD #2Mid River Midstream LLC0001043097.4 km10,0005,400–6,000
Davis, Ruth Dakin #1Block "T" Petro, Inc0001014867.7 km5004,900–6,000
FF Dilley SWD #1Nec Oper, LLC0001048488.2 km25,0004,900–5,660
Dilley-SWD #2ATree Oper, LLC0001068298.3 km25,0004,900–6,000
Frio SWD #1Eagle Ford Water and Disposl LLC0001053048.9 km7,5005,100–5,400
Lancaster Agi #1Targa Southtex Mdstrm Utility LP0001043039.4 km3,5008,400–9,850
Shiner Ranch #7Trinity Oper (Usg), LLC0000789499.8 km3,0005,530–5,800
Lea SWD #1NGL Watersolutions Eagleford,llc0001039669.9 km15,0004,800–6,000

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

About this data

TexNet catalog event tx2024wakr, 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.

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