EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2019FSVB

Magnitude 2.0 12 km ENE of Falls City, Texas

Saturday, March 23, 2019, 5:45:37 AM Central · 2019-03-23 10:45:37 UTC

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 12 km ENE of Falls City, Texas on March 23, 2019 at 5:45 AM Central, 7.5 km deep, in the Wilson County area.

It is one of 155 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 10 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.6.

4 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 6.3 km away and operated by 2 D Oil & Gas LLC; together they hold 61,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

4 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 43,416 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.0
ML, reviewed
7.5
km deep · 24,516 ft
10
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
155
M2+ within 10 km, all time
4
active injection wells within 10 km
704
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
29.0360, -97.8990
County area
Wilson County
On a map
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Catalog
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Around it in time and space

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

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Mar 23, 2019, 5:28 AM2.91.6 km5.0 km
Mar 21, 2019, 1:23 PM2.51 km7.0 km
Mar 20, 2019, 12:40 PM2.01.2 km6.9 km
Mar 18, 2019, 7:49 AM2.20.8 km7.1 km
Mar 17, 2019, 3:47 AM2.30.6 km6.6 km
Mar 17, 2019, 2:54 AM2.10.8 km7.4 km
Mar 16, 2019, 4:07 PM2.12.2 km7.2 km
Mar 16, 2019, 3:55 PM2.84.7 km7.4 km
Apr 2, 2019, 1:07 PM2.00.4 km8.0 km
Mar 12, 2019, 9:36 PM2.11.1 km6.8 km
Feb 22, 2019, 10:22 AM2.73.4 km7.6 km
Feb 17, 2019, 2:20 AM2.29.3 km7.4 km

Largest nearby on record: M4.6 on Jan 30, 2025.

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. 4 of these report daily to TexNet: 43.4K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Skloss, Emil -SWD- #12 D Oil & Gas LLC0000460646.3 km4,0004,868–4,988
Karnes SWD #2Estate of James L. Nelson0001168196.4 km12,5005,600–7,300
J. P. Wright #1Evx Operating LLC0001092479 km20,0005,500–7,200
Helena SWD #1Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC0001049809.1 km25,0006,840–7,650

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

About this data

Event tx2019fsvb 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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