EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2018TBMM

Magnitude 2.3 12 km SW of Falls City, Texas

Friday, September 28, 2018, 11:37:52 PM Central · 2018-09-29 04:37:52 UTC

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake 12 km SW of Falls City, Texas on September 28, 2018 at 11:37 PM Central, 3.2 km deep, in the Wilson County area.

It is one of 152 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.5.

5 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 4.5 km away and operated by Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC; together they hold 63,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.3
ML, reviewed
3.2
km deep · 10,475 ft
2
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
152
M2+ within 10 km, all time
5
active injection wells within 10 km
455
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
28.9030, -98.1020
County area
Wilson County
On a map
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Catalog
USGS event page ↗ · TexNet catalog ↗

Around it in time and space

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

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Sep 28, 2018, 7:03 PM2.83.8 km4.1 km
Sep 22, 2018, 5:57 AM2.59.9 km5.0 km
Jun 12, 2018, 5:13 PM2.03.8 km4.3 km
Apr 26, 2018, 1:49 PM3.14.9 km5.0 km
Feb 12, 2018, 4:09 AM2.59.6 km5.0 km
Jan 26, 2018, 6:48 PM2.05.6 km8.8 km
Jan 16, 2018, 6:30 AM2.99.7 km13.1 km
Jan 7, 2018, 12:33 AM2.03.8 km3.1 km
Jan 6, 2018, 9:37 AM3.66.2 km5.0 km
Jul 19, 2019, 3:07 AM2.01.4 km9.5 km
Aug 14, 2019, 7:35 PM2.11.9 km8.3 km
Dec 21, 2019, 2:13 AM2.68.4 km5.1 km

Largest nearby on record: M4.5 on Feb 17, 2024.

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.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Burris SWD #1Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC0001055994.5 km30,0005,800–6,800
YO Ranch SWD #1Evx Operating LLC0001082956.8 km25,00010,000–11,000
Hysaw-Hobson #3AJaybird Operating, LLC0000776127.4 km3,0004,007–4,009
Maurer, Boone #2Rio-Tex, Inc.0000926278 km5,0004,281–5,006
Holiday #1WRBR Operating, Inc.0000999028.1 km—2,720–2,810

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

About this data

Event tx2018tbmm from the USGS earthquake catalog, located by TexNet (UT Bureau of Economic Geology) and refreshed daily. Nearby wells from the RRC UIC well master and permit coordinates; daily volumes from the TexNet injection reporting tool.

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