EARTHQUAKES · LIVE OAK AREA · TX2026JPXSDF
Magnitude 2.3 6 km NNE of Three Rivers, Texas
Saturday, May 16, 2026, 10:29:24 PM Central · 2026-05-17 03:29:24 UTC
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake 6 km NNE of Three Rivers, Texas on May 16, 2026 at 10:29 PM Central, 9.3 km deep, in the Live Oak County area.
It is one of 44 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.1.
12 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3.6 km away and operated by Blackbrush O & G, LLC; together they hold 48,800 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.3
- ML, reviewed
- 9.3
- km deep · 30,621 ft
- 2
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 44
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 12
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 147
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.5190, -98.1680
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 16, 2026, 4:00 AM | 2.0 | 2.3 km | 4.7 km |
| May 14, 2026, 10:35 PM | 2.4 | 1.1 km | 9.8 km |
| Mar 18, 2026, 10:18 AM | 2.1 | 5 km | 6.3 km |
| Feb 16, 2026, 12:03 AM | 2.2 | 6.4 km | 6.5 km |
| Oct 4, 2022, 11:52 PM | 2.6 | 2.9 km | 5.2 km |
| Apr 22, 2022, 4:21 AM | 2.1 | 3 km | 3.8 km |
| Mar 12, 2022, 4:56 PM | 2.3 | 3.7 km | 7.8 km |
| May 28, 2021, 1:56 AM | 2.0 | 2.2 km | 7.5 km |
| Nov 19, 2020, 1:22 PM | 2.2 | 3.8 km | 3.5 km |
| Oct 11, 2020, 10:16 AM | 2.4 | 3.6 km | 7.9 km |
| Mar 10, 2020, 11:43 PM | 2.5 | 6.5 km | 6.6 km |
| Feb 8, 2020, 10:24 PM | 2.7 | 2.4 km | 5.0 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.1 on Jan 25, 2019.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Three Rivers SWD #2 | Blackbrush O & G, LLC | 000098630 | 3.6 km | 2,500 | 1,700–3,000 |
| Sinor Wilcox Unit #205 | Merit Engy Co | 000123480 | 5.7 km | 5,000 | 7,899–8,304 |
| Sinor Wilcox Unit #116 | Merit Engy Co | 000123375 | 6.9 km | 5,000 | 7,689–8,189 |
| Sinor Wilcox Unit #117 | Merit Engy Co | 000123376 | 7.3 km | 5,000 | 7,695–8,195 |
| Sinor Wilcox Unit #118 | Merit Engy Co | 000124285 | 7.4 km | 5,000 | 7,793–8,092 |
| Sinor Wilcox Unit #206 | Merit Engy Co | 000123377 | 7.4 km | 5,000 | 7,696–8,196 |
| Sinor Wilcox Unit #208 | Merit Engy Co | 000126569 | 7.5 km | 5,000 | 7,803–8,194 |
| Sinor Wilcox Unit #115 | Merit Engy Co | 000118953 | 7.8 km | 5,000 | 7,808–8,138 |
| Sinor Wilcox Unit #303 | Merit Engy Co | 000124286 | 8 km | 5,000 | 7,696–8,096 |
| Sinor Wilcox Unit #302 | Merit Engy Co | 000123479 | 8.6 km | 5,000 | 7,662–8,041 |
| Reagan, W.F. #2 | Terrafina Engy, LLC | 000092968 | 9.1 km | 300 | 2,756–2,766 |
| McGriff -B- #8 | Nog Prod & Oper LLC | 000001825 | 9.6 km | 1,000 | 2,140–2,142 |
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About this data
TexNet catalog event tx2026jpxsdf, 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/tx2026jpxsdf, documented in the API reference.