EARTHQUAKES · DIMMIT AREA · TX2025RULSGK
Magnitude 2.0 13 km WSW of Asherton, Texas
Tuesday, September 9, 2025, 5:20:42 PM Central · 2025-09-09 22:20:42 UTC
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 13 km WSW of Asherton, Texas on September 9, 2025 at 5:20 PM Central, 3.1 km deep, in the Dimmit County area.
It is one of 5 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M2.4.
4 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 7 km away and operated by Choya Oper, LLC; together they hold 95,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.0
- ML, reviewed
- 3.1
- km deep · 10,127 ft
- 2
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 5
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 4
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 159
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.3800, -99.8830
- County area
- Dimmit County
- On a map
- OpenStreetMap ↗
- Catalog
- TexNet earthquake catalog ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 2025, 11:19 PM | 2.4 | 9.4 km | 7.6 km |
| Aug 21, 2025, 12:30 PM | 2.3 | 8 km | 2.7 km |
| Apr 29, 2025, 6:32 AM | 2.3 | 9.2 km | 3.0 km |
| Sep 13, 2023, 6:59 AM | 2.4 | 5.7 km | 2.3 km |
Largest nearby on record: M2.4 on Aug 22, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carla SWD #1 | Choya Oper, LLC | 000112058 | 7 km | 35,000 | 8,870–9,500 |
| Palo Blanco SWD #1 | Verdun Oil & Gas LLC | 000119122 | 8.3 km | 30,000 | 7,005–10,495 |
| Dos a SWD #01 | Jonah Engy LLC | 000126203 | 8.7 km | 20,000 | 8,750–9,500 |
| Frost National Bank #1 | Texxco Energy Services Inc | 000099403 | 9.7 km | 10,000 | 3,000–4,000 |
Disposal in Dimmit County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
TexNet catalog event tx2025rulsgk, as published by the 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/tx2025rulsgk, documented in the API reference.