Magnitude 2.5 4 km SSE of Rendon, Texas

Monday, July 8, 2019, 12:02:56 PM Central · 2019-07-08 17:02:56 UTC

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake 4 km SSE of Rendon, Texas on July 8, 2019 at 12:02 PM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Johnson County area.

It is one of 6 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.4.

1 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 5 km away and operated by Bosque Disposal Systems, LLC; together they hold 35,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.5: MB_LG, reviewed
5.0: km deep · 16,405 ft
0: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
6: M2+ within 10 km, all time
1: active injection wells within 10 km
25: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 32.5399, -97.2172
County area: Johnson County
On a map: Google Maps ↗
Catalog: USGS event page ↗

Around it in time and space

M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.

When	Mag	Distance	Depth
Oct 1, 2019, 3:21 AM	3.2	6.9 km	5.0 km
May 18, 2018, 7:45 PM	3.4	8 km	5.0 km
Jul 2, 2022, 5:38 PM	2.3	8 km	7.3 km
May 1, 2024, 1:03 PM	3.2	8 km	5.8 km
May 1, 2024, 1:09 PM	3.1	5.3 km	3.8 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.4 on May 19, 2018.

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
Sophia SWD #2	Bosque Disposal Systems, LLC	000099676	5 km	35,000	9,000–11,600

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

About this data

Event us70004ewy 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/us70004ewy, documented in the API reference.