EARTHQUAKES · MCMULLEN AREA · US2000J9CG
Magnitude 2.6 12 km NW of Three Rivers, Texas
Saturday, January 26, 2019, 9:48:10 PM Central · 2019-01-27 03:48:10 UTC
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake 12 km NW of Three Rivers, Texas on January 26, 2019 at 9:48 PM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the McMullen County area.
It is one of 11 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M2.7.
13 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 4 km away and operated by Merit Energy Company; together they hold 63,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.6
- MB_LG, reviewed
- 5.0
- km deep · 16,405 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 11
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 13
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 262
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.5293, -98.2877
- County area
- McMullen 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 25, 2019, 7:29 PM | 2.5 | 7 km | 5.0 km |
| Feb 8, 2020, 10:24 PM | 2.7 | 9.4 km | 5.0 km |
| Jul 2, 2017, 1:12 PM | 2.1 | 7 km | 5.4 km |
| Mar 12, 2022, 4:56 PM | 2.3 | 9.6 km | 7.8 km |
| Aug 5, 2022, 3:36 AM | 2.1 | 6.8 km | 6.2 km |
| Mar 24, 2023, 7:01 AM | 2.0 | 9.8 km | 7.3 km |
| Feb 16, 2026, 12:03 AM | 2.2 | 6.3 km | 6.5 km |
| Feb 26, 2026, 6:29 PM | 2.1 | 7.9 km | 7.5 km |
| Mar 18, 2026, 10:18 AM | 2.1 | 7.9 km | 6.3 km |
| May 18, 2026, 5:29 AM | 2.0 | 8 km | 8.3 km |
Largest nearby on record: M2.7 on Feb 9, 2020.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sinor Wilcox Unit #302 | Merit Energy Company | 000123479 | 4 km | 5,000 | 7,662–8,041 |
| Lark #23 | Texas Secondary Oil Corporation | 000105257 | 4.1 km | 500 | 820–1,114 |
| Sinor Wilcox Unit #303 | Merit Energy Company | 000124286 | 4.3 km | 5,000 | 7,696–8,096 |
| Sinor Wilcox Unit #118 | Merit Energy Company | 000124285 | 4.6 km | 5,000 | 7,793–8,092 |
| Sinor Wilcox Unit #115 | Merit Energy Company | 000118953 | 4.7 km | 5,000 | 7,808–8,138 |
| Sinor Wilcox Unit #117 | Merit Energy Company | 000123376 | 4.8 km | 5,000 | 7,695–8,195 |
| Sinor Wilcox Unit #206 | Merit Energy Company | 000123377 | 5.2 km | 5,000 | 7,696–8,196 |
| Sinor Wilcox Unit #116 | Merit Energy Company | 000123375 | 5.4 km | 5,000 | 7,689–8,189 |
| Sinor Wilcox Unit #208 | Merit Energy Company | 000126569 | 5.4 km | 5,000 | 7,803–8,194 |
| Sinor Wilcox Unit #205 | Merit Energy Company | 000123480 | 6.2 km | 5,000 | 7,899–8,304 |
| Morrill #1R | Petrotx Operating, LLC | 000095974 | 8.8 km | 5,000 | 6,284–6,346 |
| Three Rivers SWD #2 | Blackbrush O & G, LLC | 000098630 | 9.4 km | 2,500 | 1,700–3,000 |
| Unlimited Resources #2 | Warrior Operating Group LLC | 000104780 | 9.7 km | 10,000 | 5,710–6,000 |
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About this data
Event us2000j9cg 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/us2000j9cg, documented in the API reference.