EARTHQUAKES · FRIO AREA · TX2025ARJS
Magnitude 2.0 14 km SE of Pearsall, Texas
Friday, January 10, 2025, 6:12:39 AM Central · 2025-01-10 12:12:39 UTC
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 14 km SE of Pearsall, Texas on January 10, 2025 at 6:12 AM Central, 8.4 km deep, in the Frio County area.
It is one of 360 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 5 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M2.8.
7 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1 km away and operated by Formentera Operations LLC; together they hold 63,800 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.0
- ML, reviewed
- 8.4
- km deep · 27,450 ft
- 5
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 360
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 7
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 74
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.7940, -99.0000
- County area
- Frio County
- On a map
- Google Maps ↗
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 2025, 7:57 PM | 2.3 | 3.6 km | 6.4 km |
| Jan 9, 2025, 4:18 PM | 2.1 | 6.4 km | 9.0 km |
| Jan 9, 2025, 12:31 PM | 2.0 | 2.4 km | 7.9 km |
| Jan 9, 2025, 9:02 AM | 2.1 | 1.2 km | 9.0 km |
| Jan 9, 2025, 3:25 AM | 2.0 | 2.8 km | 4.6 km |
| Jan 12, 2025, 6:09 PM | 2.0 | 8.3 km | 8.9 km |
| Jan 12, 2025, 11:10 PM | 2.1 | 3.3 km | 8.7 km |
| Jan 13, 2025, 2:17 PM | 2.1 | 1.5 km | 8.4 km |
| Jan 6, 2025, 5:12 AM | 2.0 | 5.5 km | 8.8 km |
| Jan 14, 2025, 5:12 PM | 2.0 | 3 km | 8.5 km |
| Jan 15, 2025, 2:04 AM | 2.0 | 6 km | 7.5 km |
| Jan 16, 2025, 9:31 PM | 2.1 | 1.7 km | 7.0 km |
Largest nearby on record: M2.8 on Jul 13, 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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mello 308-STX #A311VW | Formentera Operations LLC | 000126923 | 1 km | 20,000 | 4,860–5,285 |
| Brooks-Barrett-405-STX #C111VW | Formentera Operations LLC | 000127761 | 4.8 km | 10,000 | 4,685–5,175 |
| G2 845-846-STX #C311VW | Formentera Operations LLC | 000127301 | 5.5 km | 20,000 | 4,520–4,965 |
| Keystone/Keystone Ranch #4 | Oilfield Cleantech Water Rec LLC | 000089858 | 8.3 km | 800 | 4,776–5,368 |
| Morales, Fred #3 | Blackbrush O & G, LLC | 000086630 | 8.3 km | 2,000 | 5,350–5,551 |
| Lancaster Agi #1 | Targa Southtex Mdstrm Utility LP | 000104303 | 8.8 km | 3,500 | 8,400–9,850 |
| Frio SWD #1 | Eagle Ford Water and Disposl LLC | 000105304 | 9.3 km | 7,500 | 5,100–5,400 |
Disposal in Frio County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2025arjs 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/tx2025arjs, documented in the API reference.