EARTHQUAKES · GONZALES AREA · US2000JCM8
Magnitude 3.0 13 km ESE of Smiley, Texas
Saturday, February 2, 2019, 11:00:59 PM Central · 2019-02-03 05:00:59 UTC
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake 13 km ESE of Smiley, Texas on February 2, 2019 at 11:00 PM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Gonzales County area.
It is one of 80 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.5.
5 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.6 km away and operated by Evx Operating LLC; together they hold 71,000 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
- 80
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 5
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 589
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 29.2203, -97.5113
- County area
- Gonzales County
- On a map
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Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 3, 2019, 1:42 AM | 2.2 | 4.5 km | 7.0 km |
| Dec 14, 2018, 2:04 PM | 2.1 | 8.1 km | 8.9 km |
| May 3, 2019, 6:03 PM | 2.1 | 0.7 km | 7.4 km |
| May 4, 2019, 10:03 AM | 2.1 | 0.7 km | 8.7 km |
| May 4, 2019, 4:51 PM | 2.5 | 1.7 km | 3.7 km |
| May 5, 2019, 5:17 AM | 2.5 | 1.6 km | 6.6 km |
| May 12, 2019, 9:37 AM | 3.1 | 9.4 km | 5.0 km |
| May 14, 2019, 9:29 PM | 2.5 | 1.3 km | 6.9 km |
| May 15, 2019, 5:42 AM | 2.5 | 5.4 km | 5.0 km |
| May 15, 2019, 7:00 PM | 2.1 | 1.4 km | 7.2 km |
| May 16, 2019, 7:54 PM | 2.1 | 2 km | 7.4 km |
| May 17, 2019, 3:50 AM | 2.1 | 1.1 km | 8.4 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.5 on Oct 30, 2022.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westhoff SWD #1 | Evx Operating LLC | 000105426 | 2.6 km | 20,000 | 4,920–6,680 |
| District Westhoff SWD #1 | Advantek Eagleford LLC | 000108684 | 3.9 km | 25,000 | 4,300–8,300 |
| R W Pawlik Jr Unit A #501 | Burlington Resources O & G Co LP | 000124613 | 5.2 km | — | 11,941–12,745 |
| Borchers, H. F. #1 | Yates Energy Corporation | 000039028 | 6.2 km | 1,000 | 2,100–2,500 |
| Westhoff SWD #1 | CWR Management LLC | 000105443 | 9.5 km | 25,000 | 5,000–8,600 |
Disposal in Gonzales County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event us2000jcm8 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/us2000jcm8, documented in the API reference.