Magnitude 3.0 11 km SE of Cuero, Texas

Monday, March 4, 2019, 1:16:13 PM Central · 2019-03-04 19:16:13 UTC

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake 11 km SE of Cuero, Texas on March 4, 2019 at 1:16 PM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Lavaca County area.

TexNet has located no other M2+ events within 10 km of this spot.

1 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 9.8 km away and operated by Lucky Lad Energy, LLC; together they hold 4,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M3.0: MB_LG, reviewed
5.0: km deep · 16,405 ft
0: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
1: M2+ within 10 km, all time
1: active injection wells within 10 km
6: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 29.0257, -97.2069
County area: Lavaca County
On a map: OpenStreetMap ↗
Catalog: TexNet earthquake catalog ↗

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
Zengerle, Wayne O. #2	Lucky Lad Energy, LLC	000061719	9.8 km	4,000	2,700–3,676

Disposal in Lavaca County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →

About this data

TexNet catalog event us1000jaf7, 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/us1000jaf7, documented in the API reference.