EARTHQUAKES · KARNES AREA · US60004Y5E
Magnitude 2.5 10 km SE of Smiley, Texas
Wednesday, May 15, 2019, 5:42:19 AM Central · 2019-05-15 10:42:19 UTC
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake 10 km SE of Smiley, Texas on May 15, 2019 at 5:42 AM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Karnes County area.
It is one of 78 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 7 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.5.
6 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3.4 km away and operated by Yates Energy Corporation; together they hold 96,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.5
- MB_LG, reviewed
- 5.0
- km deep · 16,405 ft
- 7
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 78
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 6
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 606
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 29.1972, -97.5601
- County area
- Karnes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 14, 2019, 9:29 PM | 2.5 | 6.3 km | 6.9 km |
| May 15, 2019, 7:00 PM | 2.1 | 6.4 km | 7.2 km |
| May 14, 2019, 5:52 AM | 3.1 | 9.4 km | 5.0 km |
| May 16, 2019, 7:54 PM | 2.1 | 7.1 km | 7.4 km |
| May 17, 2019, 3:50 AM | 2.1 | 6.3 km | 8.4 km |
| May 17, 2019, 9:26 AM | 2.9 | 6.2 km | 7.0 km |
| May 18, 2019, 9:58 PM | 2.5 | 5 km | 5.0 km |
| May 5, 2019, 5:17 AM | 2.5 | 7 km | 6.6 km |
| May 4, 2019, 4:51 PM | 2.5 | 7 km | 3.7 km |
| May 4, 2019, 10:03 AM | 2.1 | 6.1 km | 8.7 km |
| May 3, 2019, 6:03 PM | 2.1 | 6.1 km | 7.4 km |
| Apr 17, 2019, 10:45 PM | 2.4 | 6.2 km | 5.7 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borchers, H. F. #1 | Yates Energy Corporation | 000039028 | 3.4 km | 1,000 | 2,100–2,500 |
| Westhoff SWD #1 | Evx Operating LLC | 000105426 | 3.7 km | 20,000 | 4,920–6,680 |
| R W Pawlik Jr Unit A #501 | Burlington Resources O & G Co LP | 000124613 | 6.6 km | — | 11,941–12,745 |
| Copeland-Gsi #1H #1 | Milestone Smiley, LLC | 000107298 | 7.3 km | 25,000 | 9,230–9,750 |
| District Westhoff SWD #1 | Advantek Eagleford LLC | 000108684 | 7.6 km | 25,000 | 4,300–8,300 |
| TE Yorktown SWD #1 | Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC | 000105684 | 7.9 km | 25,000 | 4,400–7,900 |
Disposal in Karnes County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event us60004y5e 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/us60004y5e, documented in the API reference.