EARTHQUAKES · FRIO AREA · TX2025TKWUVS
Magnitude 2.3 12 km ENE of Hilltop, Texas
Thursday, October 2, 2025, 8:03:34 PM Central · 2025-10-03 01:03:34 UTC
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake 12 km ENE of Hilltop, Texas on October 2, 2025 at 8:03 PM Central, 4.5 km deep, in the Frio County area.
It is one of 61 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 7 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M2.9.
9 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.8 km away and operated by Targa Southtex Mdstrm Utility LP; together they hold 91,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.3
- ML, reviewed
- 4.5
- km deep · 14,633 ft
- 7
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 61
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 9
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 62
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.7360, -99.0600
- County area
- Frio 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.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 26, 2025, 11:21 PM | 2.1 | 6.8 km | 5.7 km |
| Sep 26, 2025, 10:26 PM | 2.3 | 7.5 km | 7.1 km |
| Sep 26, 2025, 6:48 AM | 2.2 | 9.3 km | 9.3 km |
| Sep 25, 2025, 10:28 PM | 2.0 | 6.9 km | 7.0 km |
| Sep 25, 2025, 9:36 PM | 2.1 | 6.4 km | 4.2 km |
| Sep 23, 2025, 6:07 PM | 2.2 | 9.2 km | 4.4 km |
| Sep 11, 2025, 1:32 PM | 2.0 | 8.1 km | 5.2 km |
| Oct 31, 2025, 1:36 PM | 2.1 | 4.9 km | 8.4 km |
| Nov 13, 2025, 9:50 PM | 2.0 | 9.7 km | 8.8 km |
| Jan 15, 2026, 10:28 AM | 2.1 | 9.7 km | 5.1 km |
| Jun 19, 2025, 7:22 AM | 2.3 | 8 km | 7.1 km |
| Jun 14, 2025, 3:44 AM | 2.6 | 9.1 km | 8.8 km |
Largest nearby on record: M2.9 on Nov 21, 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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lancaster Agi #1 | Targa Southtex Mdstrm Utility LP | 000104303 | 1.8 km | 3,500 | 8,400–9,850 |
| Frio SWD #1 | Eagle Ford Water and Disposl LLC | 000105304 | 2.1 km | 7,500 | 5,100–5,400 |
| Morales, Fred #3 | Blackbrush O & G, LLC | 000086630 | 2.9 km | 2,000 | 5,350–5,551 |
| Davis, Ruth Dakin #1 | Block "T" Petro, Inc | 000101486 | 7.4 km | 500 | 4,900–6,000 |
| G2 845-846-STX #C311VW | Formentera Operations LLC | 000127301 | 8.4 km | 20,000 | 4,520–4,965 |
| Shiner Ranch #7 | Trinity Oper (Usg), LLC | 000078949 | 8.7 km | 3,000 | 5,530–5,800 |
| New Wittman #1 | Rclj Construction, Inc | 000074463 | 9.4 km | 10,000 | 4,650–5,240 |
| Mello 308-STX #A311VW | Formentera Operations LLC | 000126923 | 9.4 km | 20,000 | 4,860–5,285 |
| FF Dilley SWD #1 | Nec Oper, LLC | 000104848 | 9.6 km | 25,000 | 4,900–5,660 |
Disposal in Frio County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
TexNet catalog event tx2025tkwuvs, 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.
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