EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2019JDEC
Magnitude 2.1 12 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
Friday, May 10, 2019, 2:17:56 PM Central · 2019-05-10 19:17:56 UTC
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 12 km ENE of Falls City, Texas on May 10, 2019 at 2:17 PM Central, 7.1 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 160 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 5 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.6.
5 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 5.8 km away and operated by 2 D Oil & Gas LLC; together they hold 67,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
3 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 40,912 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.1
- ML, reviewed
- 7.1
- km deep · 23,442 ft
- 5
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 160
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 5
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 674
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 29.0380, -97.9060
- County area
- Wilson County
- On a map
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- USGS event page ↗ · TexNet catalog ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 2019, 2:01 PM | 2.6 | 2.5 km | 7.4 km |
| May 10, 2019, 11:49 AM | 3.0 | 9.8 km | 5.0 km |
| May 10, 2019, 7:56 AM | 2.7 | 1 km | 7.1 km |
| May 5, 2019, 11:00 AM | 2.2 | 2.6 km | 7.4 km |
| May 4, 2019, 8:42 AM | 2.2 | 2.7 km | 7.1 km |
| Apr 2, 2019, 1:07 PM | 2.0 | 0.9 km | 8.0 km |
| Mar 23, 2019, 5:45 AM | 2.0 | 0.7 km | 7.5 km |
| Mar 23, 2019, 5:28 AM | 2.9 | 0.9 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 21, 2019, 1:23 PM | 2.5 | 1.3 km | 7.0 km |
| Mar 20, 2019, 12:40 PM | 2.0 | 1 km | 6.9 km |
| Mar 18, 2019, 7:49 AM | 2.2 | 1.2 km | 7.1 km |
| Mar 17, 2019, 3:47 AM | 2.3 | 1 km | 6.6 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. 3 of these report daily to TexNet: 40.9K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skloss, Emil -SWD- #1 | 2 D Oil & Gas LLC | 000046064 | 5.8 km | 4,000 | 4,868–4,988 |
| Karnes SWD #2 | Estate of James L. Nelson | 000116819 | 6.4 km | 12,500 | 5,600–7,300 |
| J. P. Wright #1 | Evx Operating LLC | 000109247 | 9.7 km | 20,000 | 5,500–7,200 |
| Helena SWD #1 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000104980 | 9.7 km | 25,000 | 6,840–7,650 |
| Olinick, Jerome #151 | Britanco, L.L.C. | 000001614 | 9.8 km | 6,000 | 1,600–1,675 |
Disposal in Wilson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2019jdec 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.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/earthquakes/tx/events/tx2019jdec, documented in the API reference.