Earthquakes in the Lavaca County area
TexNet events inside the footprint of the county's 515 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 1 M2+ earthquakes in the Lavaca County area in the last twelve months, up from none the year before.
The largest on record here was M3.0 on March 4, 2019, 11 km SE of Cuero, Texas.
28 injection and disposal wells are active in the county, with 148,900 barrels a day of permitted capacity and 8.1 million barrels reported injected over the H-10 year to June 2025.
- 1
- M2+ events, last 12 months
- 0
- M3+ events, last 12 months
- 1
- M2+ events, last 2 years
- M3.0
- largest on record, Mar 4, 2019
M2+ events, by month
LAST FIVE YEARS
Last 12 months 1 · prior 12 0
M2–2.9M3+
By magnitude
M2+ events in the last two years, in half-magnitude steps. Each step up is about 32 times the energy.
- M2.5–2.91
By year
| Year | M2+ | M3+ | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | 0 | M2.7 |
| 2023 | 1 | 0 | M2.3 |
| 2022 | 1 | 0 | M2.3 |
| 2021 | 3 | 0 | M2.6 |
| 2019 | 3 | 1 | M3.0 |
| 2017 | 2 | 0 | M2.9 |
RRC UIC + H-10 · TexNet daily
Disposal in the same county
- 28
- active injection wells
- 149K
- bbl/d permitted
- 8.1M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025
Recent events
M2+ · NEWEST FIRST · TIMES IN CENTRAL
| When | Mag | Where | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 25, 2026, 2:54 PM | 2.7 | 8 km W of Hallettsville, Texas | 2.7 km |
| Jun 17, 2023, 7:27 PM | 2.3 | 4 km N of Hallettsville, Texas | 8.0 km |
| Dec 10, 2022, 2:13 AM | 2.3 | 14 km E of Gonzales, Texas | 3.4 km |
| Sep 7, 2021, 8:01 PM | 2.3 | 11 km W of Shiner, Texas | 5.6 km |
| Sep 7, 2021, 7:24 AM | 2.0 | 10 km W of Shiner, Texas | 7.1 km |
| Aug 24, 2021, 2:54 PM | 2.6 | 3 km NNW of Hallettsville, Texas | 5.0 km |
| Sep 7, 2019, 10:26 PM | 2.1 | 2 km NNW of Hallettsville, Texas | 5.1 km |
| Jul 16, 2019, 4:03 AM | 2.0 | 13 km ESE of Gonzales, Texas | 6.6 km |
| Mar 4, 2019, 1:16 PM | 3.0 | 11 km SE of Cuero, Texas | 5.0 km |
| Oct 20, 2017, 5:10 PM | 2.9 | 5 km W of Flatonia, Texas | 3.1 km |
| Oct 20, 2017, 8:47 AM | 2.2 | 1 km ENE of Flatonia, Texas | 7.5 km |
About this data
TexNet catalog events inside 29.01–29.73°N, 96.49–97.33°W, refreshed daily. Disposal figures from the RRC UIC well master and H-10 filings at the last settled month.
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