EARTHQUAKES · KARNES AREA · US2000J3YU
Magnitude 2.6 18 km SSW of Smiley, Texas
Monday, January 14, 2019, 6:38:25 PM Central · 2019-01-15 00:38:25 UTC
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake 18 km SSW of Smiley, Texas on January 14, 2019 at 6:38 PM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Karnes County area.
It is one of 79 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M2.9.
1 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.7 km away and operated by Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC; together they hold 25,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.6
- MB_LG, reviewed
- 5.0
- km deep · 16,405 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 79
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 1
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 793
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 29.1077, -97.6825
- County area
- Karnes County
- On a map
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- Catalog
- USGS event page ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 2019, 7:34 AM | 2.2 | 9.9 km | 4.1 km |
| Jan 23, 2019, 9:34 AM | 2.5 | 8.9 km | 9.3 km |
| Dec 6, 2018, 10:11 PM | 2.4 | 9 km | 7.2 km |
| Mar 11, 2019, 3:16 AM | 2.0 | 2.8 km | 8.5 km |
| Mar 17, 2019, 9:32 PM | 2.5 | 2.5 km | 8.5 km |
| Apr 17, 2019, 10:45 PM | 2.4 | 9.3 km | 5.7 km |
| Sep 5, 2018, 8:53 AM | 2.2 | 2.4 km | 1.8 km |
| Sep 3, 2018, 12:01 PM | 2.2 | 4.8 km | 4.1 km |
| Aug 23, 2018, 11:27 PM | 2.0 | 2.9 km | 2.8 km |
| Aug 15, 2018, 11:20 PM | 2.1 | 3.8 km | 5.2 km |
| Apr 29, 2018, 11:59 AM | 2.7 | 9.4 km | 5.0 km |
| Nov 5, 2020, 10:39 AM | 2.7 | 9.6 km | 7.4 km |
Largest nearby on record: M2.9 on May 26, 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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Henning #2 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000115129 | 1.7 km | 25,000 | 5,300–7,950 |
Disposal in Karnes County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event us2000j3yu 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/us2000j3yu, documented in the API reference.