EARTHQUAKES · FRIO AREA · TX2024YMGL
Magnitude 2.6 18 km E of Dilley, Texas
Friday, December 13, 2024, 11:45:13 PM Central · 2024-12-14 05:45:13 UTC
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake 18 km E of Dilley, Texas on December 13, 2024 at 11:45 PM Central, 3.2 km deep, in the Frio County area.
It is one of 42 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.5.
6 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.4 km away and operated by Trinity Operating (Usg), LLC; together they hold 45,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.6
- ML, reviewed
- 3.2
- km deep · 10,641 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 42
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 6
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 219
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.6750, -98.9850
- County area
- Frio 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 21, 2024, 9:38 AM | 2.9 | 8.4 km | 4.8 km |
| Jan 5, 2025, 7:39 PM | 2.1 | 10 km | 7.0 km |
| Jan 6, 2025, 1:05 AM | 2.0 | 9.3 km | 7.3 km |
| Jan 6, 2025, 3:02 AM | 2.2 | 9.1 km | 3.9 km |
| Oct 31, 2024, 6:07 PM | 2.5 | 7.4 km | 6.0 km |
| Feb 8, 2025, 11:59 PM | 2.2 | 8.1 km | 8.0 km |
| Mar 13, 2025, 9:35 AM | 2.1 | 5.8 km | 6.2 km |
| Apr 19, 2025, 12:57 AM | 2.0 | 7.3 km | 6.1 km |
| May 13, 2025, 11:22 AM | 2.3 | 5.4 km | 6.5 km |
| Jun 23, 2024, 3:02 AM | 2.2 | 4.3 km | 5.1 km |
| Jun 14, 2025, 3:44 AM | 2.6 | 7.4 km | 8.8 km |
| Jun 19, 2025, 7:22 AM | 2.3 | 5.2 km | 7.1 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.5 on Nov 15, 2025.
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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shiner Ranch #7 | Trinity Operating (Usg), LLC | 000078949 | 2.4 km | 3,000 | 5,530–5,800 |
| Wilson Ranch #11 | Sydri Operating, LLC | 000108792 | 3.6 km | 25,000 | 8,218–8,294 |
| Lonestar Operating SWD #1 | FW Eagle Ford I, LLC | 000114616 | 6.8 km | 4,000 | 8,341–8,949 |
| Morales, Fred #3 | Blackbrush O & G, LLC | 000086630 | 7.2 km | 2,000 | 5,350–5,551 |
| Frio SWD #1 | Eagle Ford Water and Disposl LLC | 000105304 | 8 km | 7,500 | 5,100–5,400 |
| Lancaster Agi #1 | Targa Southtex Mdstrm Utility LP | 000104303 | 8.1 km | 3,500 | 8,400–9,850 |
Disposal in Frio County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2024ymgl 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.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/earthquakes/tx/events/tx2024ymgl, documented in the API reference.