Earthquakes in the Gonzales County area
TexNet events inside the footprint of the county's 1,317 located permits, padded 0.1°. Events carry no county, so this is an area, and border clusters show up in more than one. The county's disposal wells →
TexNet located 18 M2+ earthquakes in the Gonzales County area in the last twelve months, 13% more than the year before.
The largest on record here was M4.6 on January 30, 2025, 18 km ENE of Falls City, Texas.
23 injection and disposal wells are active in the county, with 420,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity and 28 million barrels reported injected over the H-10 year to June 2025.
- 18
- M2+ events, last 12 months +13%
- 0
- M3+ events, last 12 months
- 34
- M2+ events, last 2 years
- M4.6
- largest on record, Jan 30, 2025
M2+ events, by month
LAST FIVE YEARS
Last 12 months 41 · prior 12 43(-5%)
M2–2.9M3+month with an M4+ event; M5+ labelled, hover for the rest
By magnitude
M2+ events in the last two years, in half-magnitude steps. Each step up is about 32 times the energy.
- M2.0–2.420
- M2.5–2.910
- M3.0–3.42
- M3.5–3.91
- M4.5–4.91
By year
| Year | M2+ | M3+ | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 17 | 0 | M2.9 |
| 2025 | 16 | 4 | M4.6 |
| 2024 | 23 | 2 | M3.2 |
| 2023 | 43 | 0 | M2.9 |
| 2022 | 43 | 1 | M3.5 |
| 2021 | 52 | 2 | M3.4 |
| 2020 | 10 | 1 | M3.1 |
| 2019 | 29 | 4 | M3.1 |
| 2018 | 19 | 0 | M2.9 |
| 2017 | 6 | 0 | M2.9 |
RRC UIC + H-10 · TexNet daily
Disposal in the same county
- 23
- active injection wells
- 421K
- bbl/d permitted
- 28.4M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025
Recent events
M2+ · NEWEST FIRST · TIMES IN CENTRAL
| When | Mag | Where | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 18, 2026, 2:12 PM | 2.8 | 19 km S of Nixon, Texas | 7.0 km |
| Oct 18, 2026, 12:55 AM | 2.2 | 18 km S of Nixon, Texas | 8.4 km |
| Oct 6, 2026, 7:25 AM | 2.7 | 8 km ESE of Smiley, Texas | 7.0 km |
| Sep 19, 2026, 5:56 PM | 2.8 | 14 km SSW of Smiley, Texas | 9.1 km |
| Sep 18, 2026, 11:33 PM | 2.4 | 15 km SSW of Smiley, Texas | 8.3 km |
| May 26, 2026, 8:22 AM | 2.9 | 19 km S of Nixon, Texas | 6.8 km |
| Apr 1, 2026, 6:45 AM | 2.1 | 12 km SSE of Gonzales, Texas | 6.9 km |
| Apr 1, 2026, 4:58 AM | 2.2 | 13 km SSE of Gonzales, Texas | 7.5 km |
| Mar 31, 2026, 2:03 PM | 2.0 | 13 km SSE of Gonzales, Texas | 7.6 km |
| Mar 31, 2026, 10:08 AM | 2.0 | 14 km SSE of Gonzales, Texas | 10.2 km |
| Mar 30, 2026, 11:16 PM | 2.0 | 13 km SSE of Gonzales, Texas | 7.9 km |
| Mar 30, 2026, 10:59 PM | 2.2 | 13 km SSE of Gonzales, Texas | 7.8 km |
| Mar 30, 2026, 4:38 PM | 2.5 | 13 km SSE of Gonzales, Texas | 7.1 km |
| Mar 30, 2026, 1:46 PM | 2.0 | 14 km SSE of Gonzales, Texas | 5.1 km |
| Mar 29, 2026, 9:15 AM | 2.0 | 14 km SSE of Gonzales, Texas | 8.5 km |
| Mar 28, 2026, 10:31 PM | 2.1 | 13 km SSE of Gonzales, Texas | 7.6 km |
| Feb 8, 2026, 8:23 AM | 2.8 | 8 km ESE of Smiley, Texas | 7.0 km |
| Dec 14, 2025, 4:12 AM | 2.8 | 20 km ENE of Falls City, Texas | 7.0 km |
| Sep 29, 2025, 12:12 PM | 2.2 | 9 km ESE of Smiley, Texas | 6.7 km |
| Sep 20, 2025, 1:30 PM | 3.3 | 22 km SSW of Nixon, Texas | 5.8 km |
| Sep 14, 2025, 4:50 AM | 2.0 | 15 km ESE of Smiley, Texas | 7.4 km |
| Sep 10, 2025, 6:27 PM | 2.0 | 16 km ESE of Smiley, Texas | 6.7 km |
| Jul 22, 2025, 12:30 PM | 2.1 | 18 km S of Nixon, Texas | 9.9 km |
| Jul 22, 2025, 7:47 AM | 2.5 | 17 km S of Nixon, Texas | 6.6 km |
| Jul 20, 2025, 5:38 PM | 2.3 | 18 km S of Nixon, Texas | 8.9 km |
About this data
TexNet catalog events inside 29.01–29.78°N, 97.04–97.85°W, refreshed daily. Disposal figures from the RRC UIC well master and H-10 filings at the last settled month.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/earthquakes/tx/gonzales, documented in the API reference.