EARTHQUAKES · FRIO AREA · TX2025AXEX
Magnitude 2.2 23 km NNW of Fowlerton, Texas
Monday, January 13, 2025, 10:22:16 AM Central · 2025-01-13 16:22:16 UTC
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake 23 km NNW of Fowlerton, Texas on January 13, 2025 at 10:22 AM Central, 6.3 km deep, in the Frio County area.
It is one of 57 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 9 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.
- M2.2
- ML, reviewed
- 6.3
- km deep · 20,538 ft
- 9
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 57
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 2
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 274
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.6750, -98.8680
- 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 12, 2025, 5:37 AM | 2.3 | 0.9 km | 6.0 km |
| Jan 6, 2025, 3:18 AM | 2.0 | 3.2 km | 7.9 km |
| Jan 6, 2025, 3:15 AM | 2.1 | 2.5 km | 8.0 km |
| Jan 6, 2025, 3:02 AM | 2.2 | 2.4 km | 3.9 km |
| Jan 6, 2025, 1:51 AM | 2.4 | 1.1 km | 5.3 km |
| Jan 6, 2025, 1:05 AM | 2.0 | 6.2 km | 7.3 km |
| Jan 5, 2025, 9:26 PM | 2.1 | 2.7 km | 8.7 km |
| Jan 5, 2025, 9:12 PM | 2.2 | 1.9 km | 7.8 km |
| Jan 5, 2025, 7:39 PM | 2.1 | 2.1 km | 7.0 km |
| Feb 14, 2025, 7:29 AM | 2.7 | 6.7 km | 7.1 km |
| Feb 28, 2025, 2:23 PM | 2.2 | 6 km | 7.1 km |
| Feb 28, 2025, 4:08 PM | 2.6 | 7.4 km | 4.3 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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R R Prince Ranch SWD, Ltd #1 | Evx Operating LLC | 000105164 | 7.5 km | 25,000 | 8,600–10,500 |
| Donnell SWD #1 | Evx Operating LLC | 000104749 | 9 km | 25,000 | 10,000–11,000 |
Disposal in Frio County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2025axex 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/tx2025axex, documented in the API reference.