EARTHQUAKES · JOHNSON AREA · US1000E8D4
Magnitude 3.4 8 km NW of Venus, Texas
Friday, May 18, 2018, 7:45:39 PM Central · 2018-05-19 00:45:39 UTC
A magnitude 3.4 earthquake 8 km NW of Venus, Texas on May 18, 2018 at 7:45 PM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Johnson County area.
It is one of 6 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; this is the largest of them.
5 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3.5 km away and operated by Bosque Disposal Systems, LLC; together they hold 157,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M3.4
- MWR, reviewed
- 5.0
- km deep · 16,405 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 6
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 5
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 15
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 32.4813, -97.1671
- County area
- Johnson County
- On a map
- Google Maps ↗
- Catalog
- USGS event page ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 8, 2019, 12:02 PM | 2.5 | 8 km | 5.0 km |
| Oct 1, 2019, 3:21 AM | 3.2 | 1.2 km | 5.0 km |
| Jul 2, 2022, 5:38 PM | 2.3 | 2.2 km | 7.3 km |
| May 1, 2024, 1:03 PM | 3.2 | 2.2 km | 5.8 km |
| May 1, 2024, 1:09 PM | 3.1 | 2.8 km | 3.8 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.2 on May 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sophia SWD #2 | Bosque Disposal Systems, LLC | 000099676 | 3.5 km | 35,000 | 9,000–11,600 |
| Highway 67 SWD #1 | Pinnergy, Ltd. | 000098632 | 6.6 km | 25,000 | 9,325–11,876 |
| Metro SWD #1 | Bosque Disposal Systems, LLC | 000098954 | 7.3 km | 30,000 | 11,000–12,000 |
| Rose #1 | Bosque Disposal Systems, LLC | 000098425 | 8.9 km | 30,000 | 8,994–11,250 |
| Vortex SWD #1 | Upp Operating, LLC | 000095462 | 9.3 km | 37,000 | 8,600–11,235 |
Disposal in Johnson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event us1000e8d4 from the USGS earthquake catalog, located by the network its id names 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/us1000e8d4, documented in the API reference.