EARTHQUAKES · GONZALES AREA · TX2026GHROJS
Magnitude 2.2 13 km SSE of Gonzales, Texas
Monday, March 30, 2026, 10:59:03 PM Central · 2026-03-31 03:59:03 UTC
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake 13 km SSE of Gonzales, Texas on March 30, 2026 at 10:59 PM Central, 7.8 km deep, in the Gonzales County area.
It is one of 27 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 4 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 6.9 km away and operated by Evx Operating LLC; together they hold 115,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.2
- ML, reviewed
- 7.8
- km deep · 25,646 ft
- 4
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 27
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 6
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 360
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 29.3830, -97.4050
- County area
- Gonzales County
- On a map
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- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 30, 2026, 11:16 PM | 2.0 | 1.3 km | 7.9 km |
| Mar 30, 2026, 4:38 PM | 2.5 | 1 km | 7.1 km |
| Mar 30, 2026, 1:46 PM | 2.0 | 0.8 km | 5.1 km |
| Mar 31, 2026, 10:08 AM | 2.0 | 0.3 km | 10.2 km |
| Mar 31, 2026, 2:03 PM | 2.0 | 0.9 km | 7.6 km |
| Apr 1, 2026, 4:58 AM | 2.2 | 0.7 km | 7.5 km |
| Apr 1, 2026, 6:45 AM | 2.1 | 1 km | 6.9 km |
| Mar 29, 2026, 9:15 AM | 2.0 | 0.8 km | 8.5 km |
| Mar 28, 2026, 10:31 PM | 2.1 | 1.5 km | 7.6 km |
| Dec 31, 2023, 9:39 PM | 3.0 | 6.4 km | 3.4 km |
| Dec 29, 2023, 3:45 PM | 2.2 | 7.9 km | 6.2 km |
| Dec 29, 2023, 3:10 PM | 2.3 | 8.2 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 Operating LLC | 000104786 | 6.9 km | 25,000 | 5,600–7,500 |
| R. D. Tucker Unit #1 | Trisun Energy Services LLC | 000105558 | 8.3 km | 15,000 | 4,870–6,282 |
| Gonzales SWD #1 | Crosstex Environmental STX, LLC | 000103772 | 8.4 km | 25,000 | 5,700–7,350 |
| Highway 183 SWD #1 | Soco Atx LLC | 000104440 | 8.6 km | 25,000 | 4,780–5,200 |
| Fehner, Odis #1 R | Soco Atx LLC | 000053469 | 8.8 km | 15,000 | 4,446–4,930 |
| Bruns Unit #1 | Ruidoso Resources LLC | 000103620 | 9.3 km | 10,000 | 4,620–7,900 |
Disposal in Gonzales County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2026ghrojs 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.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/earthquakes/tx/events/tx2026ghrojs, documented in the API reference.