EARTHQUAKES · LIVE OAK AREA · TX2026GWZJXK
Magnitude 3.4 20 km WNW of Pawnee, Texas
Wednesday, April 8, 2026, 7:02:23 AM Central · 2026-04-08 12:02:23 UTC
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake 20 km WNW of Pawnee, Texas on April 8, 2026 at 7:02 AM Central, 5.7 km deep, in the Live Oak County area.
It is one of 51 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 15 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.5.
7 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3.5 km away and operated by Evx Oper LLC; together they hold 130,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
1 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 829 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M3.4
- ML, reviewed
- 5.7
- km deep · 18,769 ft
- 15
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 51
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 7
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 469
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.7520, -98.1750
- County area
- Live Oak 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 8, 2026, 1:18 AM | 3.5 | 0.6 km | 4.5 km |
| Apr 8, 2026, 1:17 AM | 2.5 | 0.6 km | 5.2 km |
| Apr 7, 2026, 3:06 PM | 2.3 | 0.2 km | 5.9 km |
| Apr 7, 2026, 11:24 AM | 2.0 | 0.4 km | 6.9 km |
| Apr 9, 2026, 3:55 AM | 2.2 | 0.8 km | 5.2 km |
| Apr 7, 2026, 7:34 AM | 2.3 | 0.5 km | 7.1 km |
| Apr 7, 2026, 7:02 AM | 2.1 | 0.7 km | 7.2 km |
| Apr 9, 2026, 10:03 AM | 2.1 | 0.7 km | 6.1 km |
| Apr 7, 2026, 1:32 AM | 2.9 | 0.7 km | 7.1 km |
| Apr 6, 2026, 11:54 PM | 2.1 | 0.8 km | 6.1 km |
| Apr 6, 2026, 9:04 PM | 2.0 | 1 km | 7.5 km |
| Apr 6, 2026, 7:30 PM | 2.0 | 1.3 km | 8.7 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.5 on Apr 8, 2026.
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. 1 of these report daily to TexNet: 829 bbl/d in Aug 2026.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FF Fashing SWD #1A | Evx Oper LLC | 000105713 | 3.5 km | 25,000 | 6,000–6,600 |
| Schumann et al Gas Unit 3 SWD #2 | XTO Engy Inc | 000104403 | 5.4 km | 10,000 | 6,030–6,550 |
| Atascosa SWD #3 | Milestone Enviro Services, LLC | 000124516 | 5.9 km | 10,000 | 5,850–6,800 |
| Atascosa SWD #2 | Milestone Enviro Services, LLC | 000114007 | 6 km | 10,000 | 5,850–6,800 |
| Richter,h. E. #2 | J & D Logistics Inc | 000081322 | 8.4 km | 25,000 | 6,304–6,560 |
| Gerold SWD #1 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000107012 | 9.5 km | 25,000 | 5,650–6,650 |
| Nor-Tex SWD #1 | Crosstex Environmental STX, LLC | 000104952 | 9.8 km | 25,000 | 6,200–7,500 |
Disposal in Live Oak County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
TexNet catalog event tx2026gwzjxk, 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/tx2026gwzjxk, documented in the API reference.