EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2019OAFE
Magnitude 2.0 12 km SW of Falls City, Texas
Friday, July 19, 2019, 3:07:17 AM Central · 2019-07-19 08:07:17 UTC
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 12 km SW of Falls City, Texas on July 19, 2019 at 3:07 AM Central, 9.5 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 168 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.5.
5 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 5.6 km away and operated by Evx Operating LLC; together they hold 63,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.0
- ML, reviewed
- 9.5
- km deep · 31,287 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 168
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 5
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 435
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.9110, -98.1130
- 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.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 14, 2019, 7:35 PM | 2.1 | 0.8 km | 8.3 km |
| Dec 21, 2019, 2:13 AM | 2.6 | 8.2 km | 5.1 km |
| Jan 12, 2020, 2:51 AM | 2.1 | 2.9 km | 6.6 km |
| Jan 12, 2020, 4:39 AM | 2.0 | 2.5 km | 7.0 km |
| Jan 12, 2020, 5:12 AM | 2.2 | 3.5 km | 7.8 km |
| Jan 16, 2020, 12:25 AM | 2.0 | 2.9 km | 7.9 km |
| Jan 16, 2020, 3:47 AM | 2.3 | 3.4 km | 8.5 km |
| Feb 4, 2020, 9:01 AM | 2.2 | 5.2 km | 4.6 km |
| Feb 4, 2020, 9:07 AM | 2.1 | 5.8 km | 6.0 km |
| Sep 28, 2018, 11:37 PM | 2.3 | 1.4 km | 3.2 km |
| Sep 28, 2018, 7:03 PM | 2.8 | 3.6 km | 4.1 km |
| Sep 22, 2018, 5:57 AM | 2.5 | 9.3 km | 5.0 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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YO Ranch SWD #1 | Evx Operating LLC | 000108295 | 5.6 km | 25,000 | 10,000–11,000 |
| Burris SWD #1 | CWR Management LLC | 000105599 | 5.8 km | 30,000 | 5,800–6,800 |
| Holiday #1W | RBR Operating, Inc. | 000099902 | 6.7 km | — | 2,720–2,810 |
| Hysaw-Hobson #3A | Jaybird Operating, LLC | 000077612 | 8.6 km | 3,000 | 4,007–4,009 |
| Maurer, Boone #2 | Rio-Tex, Inc. | 000092627 | 9.1 km | 5,000 | 4,281–5,006 |
Disposal in Wilson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2019oafe 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/tx2019oafe, documented in the API reference.