EARTHQUAKES · FRIO AREA · TX2025AJVV

Magnitude 2.1 22 km NNW of Fowlerton, Texas

Monday, January 6, 2025, 3:15:24 AM Central · 2025-01-06 09:15:24 UTC

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 22 km NNW of Fowlerton, Texas on January 6, 2025 at 3:15 AM Central, 8.0 km deep, in the Frio County area.

It is one of 48 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 6 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.5.

2 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 7.5 km away and operated by Evx Operating LLC; together they hold 50,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.1
ML, reviewed
8.0
km deep · 26,381 ft
6
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
48
M2+ within 10 km, all time
2
active injection wells within 10 km
306
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
28.6560, -98.8810
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.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Jan 6, 2025, 3:18 AM2.01.3 km7.9 km
Jan 6, 2025, 3:02 AM2.22.1 km3.9 km
Jan 6, 2025, 1:51 AM2.41.4 km5.3 km
Jan 6, 2025, 1:05 AM2.03.7 km7.3 km
Jan 5, 2025, 9:26 PM2.11.1 km8.7 km
Jan 5, 2025, 9:12 PM2.20.9 km7.8 km
Jan 5, 2025, 7:39 PM2.10.7 km7.0 km
Jan 12, 2025, 5:37 AM2.31.8 km6.0 km
Jan 13, 2025, 10:22 AM2.22.5 km6.3 km
Feb 14, 2025, 7:29 AM2.79.1 km7.1 km
Feb 28, 2025, 2:23 PM2.28.4 km7.1 km
Feb 28, 2025, 4:08 PM2.69.8 km4.3 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.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
R R Prince Ranch SWD, Ltd #1Evx Operating LLC0001051647.5 km25,0008,600–10,500
Donnell SWD #1Evx Operating LLC0001047499.2 km25,00010,000–11,000

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

About this data

Event tx2025ajvv 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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