EARTHQUAKES · DAWSON AREA · TX2025GEWP

Magnitude 2.1 31 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas

Saturday, March 29, 2025, 8:09:44 PM Central · 2025-03-30 01:09:44 UTC

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 31 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas on March 29, 2025 at 8:09 PM Central, 8.8 km deep, in the Dawson County area.

It is one of 218 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 6 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M5.1.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 4.6 km away and operated by Deep Blue Operating I LLC; together they hold 304,950 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

26 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 184,521 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.1
ML, reviewed
8.8
km deep · 28,757 ft
6
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
218
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
923
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
32.4310, -102.0360
County area
Dawson 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
Apr 9, 2025, 4:21 PM2.49.2 km5.9 km
Apr 11, 2025, 4:47 PM2.76.7 km7.7 km
Mar 16, 2025, 10:55 AM2.18.9 km6.9 km
Mar 16, 2025, 10:51 AM2.39.2 km6.2 km
Mar 16, 2025, 2:02 AM2.01 km8.2 km
Mar 15, 2025, 9:28 AM2.69.3 km6.8 km
Mar 15, 2025, 3:48 AM2.08.9 km7.3 km
Mar 13, 2025, 3:41 AM2.55.1 km7.1 km
Apr 25, 2025, 4:17 PM2.14.5 km8.9 km
Apr 28, 2025, 2:43 AM2.26.4 km6.6 km
Apr 28, 2025, 8:38 AM2.23.9 km6.9 km
Apr 29, 2025, 10:27 AM2.78.8 km6.3 km

Largest nearby on record: M5.1 on Sep 17, 2024.

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. 26 of these report daily to TexNet: 185K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Jones-Holton SWD #2WDDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001055674.6 km20,0004,200–5,700
Jones-Holton D #5DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001165215.2 km40,00011,000–14,000
O'Neal #1DDiamondback E&P LLC0000107226 km10,0004,250–4,800
Cox 11 SWD #1Ovintiv USA Inc.0001035816.1 km30,0004,600–5,204
Corsica SWD 2 #2Stonehill Martin, LLC0001260907.4 km20,0004,200–5,228
Jones-Holton SWD #1WDDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001055277.4 km20,0004,200–5,632
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #49Ovintiv USA Inc.0001051217.5 km10,00011,745–12,675
Jones-Holton D #4DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001126427.7 km20,00011,000–14,000
Hecker #1DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001139427.7 km20,00011,000–14,000
Breedlove Ursa #2DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001246517.9 km30,0003,988–5,308
Jones-Holton SWD #25DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001123758 km20,0004,200–5,600
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #47Ovintiv USA Inc.0000998958.3 km10,00011,242–12,617
Gus McCrea SWD #2Deep Blue Central LLC0001200148.4 km24,9504,426–6,238
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #24DOvintiv USA Inc.0000107178.5 km10,00010,910–12,424
Hecker #2DDeep Blue Operating I LLC0001163828.6 km20,00011,000–14,000

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About this data

Event tx2025gewp 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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