EARTHQUAKES · MARTIN AREA · TX2025ZEAAXT

Magnitude 2.4 39 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas

Tuesday, December 23, 2025, 12:48:00 AM Central · 2025-12-23 06:48:00 UTC

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake 39 km WSW of Ackerly, Texas on December 23, 2025 at 12:48 AM Central, 8.3 km deep, in the Martin County area.

It is one of 227 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 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 2 km away and operated by Stonehill Martin, LLC; together they hold 337,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

26 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 139,522 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.4: ML, reviewed
8.3: km deep · 27,155 ft
2: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
227: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
983: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 32.3920, -102.1020
County area: Martin 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
Dec 5, 2025, 1:30 PM	2.6	4 km	7.8 km
Nov 27, 2025, 7:38 AM	2.1	4.4 km	8.8 km
Nov 18, 2025, 9:22 PM	2.3	5 km	8.6 km
Nov 9, 2025, 1:22 AM	2.5	6 km	8.8 km
Nov 8, 2025, 5:28 AM	3.1	5.8 km	7.3 km
Oct 25, 2025, 12:19 AM	2.4	7.9 km	7.6 km
Feb 20, 2026, 7:12 PM	3.0	7.8 km	7.8 km
Feb 25, 2026, 5:17 PM	2.4	8.9 km	6.8 km
Oct 11, 2025, 6:55 AM	2.1	5.1 km	8.9 km
Mar 9, 2026, 2:48 PM	2.1	5.2 km	7.8 km
Mar 9, 2026, 8:02 PM	2.4	5 km	8.2 km
Mar 16, 2026, 11:50 AM	2.0	3.9 km	8.9 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: 140K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
Corsica SWD 2 #2	Stonehill Martin, LLC	000126090	2 km	20,000	4,200–5,228
Breedlove Ursa #2D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000124651	3.7 km	30,000	3,988–5,308
Capri SWD #2	Stonehill Martin, LLC	000125986	3.8 km	20,000	4,350–5,700
Capri SWD #1	Stonehill Martin, LLC	000118229	4.4 km	30,000	4,500–5,680
University 7-27 SWD #D 2	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000115339	6.7 km	40,000	12,700–14,200
University "7-15" #1D	Pioneer Natural Res. USA, Inc.	000115442	7 km	25,000	4,500–5,600
Jones-Holton D #5D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000116521	7.1 km	40,000	11,000–14,000
University SWD #D 1	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000110114	7.3 km	20,000	4,800–5,550
Jones-Holton SWD #2WD	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000105567	7.3 km	20,000	4,200–5,700
Univ. 14-7 #3D	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000018943	8 km	7,500	4,525–5,470
Jones-Holton SWD #1WD	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000105527	8.3 km	20,000	4,200–5,632
Holt Ranch #17	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000113468	8.7 km	15,000	4,800–6,450
Jones-Holton D #4D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000112642	8.8 km	20,000	11,000–14,000
Breedlove, F. D., -B- #47	Ovintiv USA Inc.	000099895	8.9 km	10,000	11,242–12,617
Jones-Holton SWD #25D	Deep Blue Operating I LLC	000112375	9 km	20,000	4,200–5,600

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About this data

Event tx2025zeaaxt 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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