EARTHQUAKES · GONZALES AREA · TX2026GEUOET
Magnitude 2.0 14 km SSE of Gonzales, Texas
Sunday, March 29, 2026, 9:15:55 AM Central · 2026-03-29 14:15:55 UTC
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 14 km SSE of Gonzales, Texas on March 29, 2026 at 9:15 AM Central, 8.5 km deep, in the Gonzales County area.
It is one of 25 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.0.
6 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 6.7 km away and operated by Evx Oper LLC; together they hold 115,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.0
- ML, reviewed
- 8.5
- km deep · 27,889 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 25
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 6
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 350
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 29.3840, -97.3970
- County area
- Gonzales County
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Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 28, 2026, 10:31 PM | 2.1 | 0.7 km | 7.6 km |
| Mar 30, 2026, 1:46 PM | 2.0 | 1 km | 5.1 km |
| Mar 30, 2026, 4:38 PM | 2.5 | 1.8 km | 7.1 km |
| Mar 30, 2026, 10:59 PM | 2.2 | 0.8 km | 7.8 km |
| Mar 30, 2026, 11:16 PM | 2.0 | 2.1 km | 7.9 km |
| Mar 31, 2026, 10:08 AM | 2.0 | 0.9 km | 10.2 km |
| Mar 31, 2026, 2:03 PM | 2.0 | 1 km | 7.6 km |
| Apr 1, 2026, 4:58 AM | 2.2 | 1.5 km | 7.5 km |
| Apr 1, 2026, 6:45 AM | 2.1 | 1.3 km | 6.9 km |
| Dec 31, 2023, 9:39 PM | 3.0 | 6.9 km | 3.4 km |
| Dec 29, 2023, 3:45 PM | 2.2 | 8.6 km | 6.2 km |
| Dec 29, 2023, 3:10 PM | 2.3 | 8.7 km | 6.1 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.0 on Jan 1, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FF Cheapside SWD #2 | Evx Oper LLC | 000104786 | 6.7 km | 25,000 | 5,600–7,500 |
| Gonzales SWD #1 | Crosstex Environmental STX, LLC | 000103772 | 8.5 km | 25,000 | 5,700–7,350 |
| Highway 183 SWD #1 | Soco Atx LLC | 000104440 | 8.8 km | 25,000 | 4,780–5,200 |
| R. D. Tucker Unit #1 | Trisun Engy Services LLC | 000105558 | 9.1 km | 15,000 | 4,870–6,282 |
| Fehner, Odis #1 R | Soco Atx LLC | 000053469 | 9.2 km | 15,000 | 4,446–4,930 |
| Bruns Unit #1 | Gn&j LLC | 000103620 | 9.3 km | 10,000 | 4,620–7,900 |
Disposal in Gonzales County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
TexNet catalog event tx2026geuoet, 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/tx2026geuoet, documented in the API reference.