EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2019THVW
Magnitude 2.0 14 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
Wednesday, October 2, 2019, 11:11:10 AM Central · 2019-10-02 16:11:10 UTC
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 14 km ENE of Falls City, Texas on October 2, 2019 at 11:11 AM Central, 7.3 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 144 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.6.
6 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 6.9 km away and operated by Evx Operating LLC; together they hold 126,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
5 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 49,395 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.0
- ML, reviewed
- 7.3
- km deep · 24,023 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 144
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 6
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 786
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 29.0310, -97.8760
- 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 21, 2019, 9:12 AM | 2.1 | 0.4 km | 8.3 km |
| Dec 20, 2019, 2:41 AM | 2.4 | 8.1 km | 4.6 km |
| Dec 21, 2019, 2:52 AM | 2.1 | 7.8 km | 7.5 km |
| Dec 28, 2019, 6:41 AM | 2.5 | 4.1 km | 7.6 km |
| Dec 28, 2019, 10:59 AM | 2.3 | 8 km | 7.8 km |
| Dec 30, 2019, 12:58 PM | 2.0 | 4 km | 8.1 km |
| Jan 7, 2020, 4:46 PM | 2.9 | 7.5 km | 5.0 km |
| Jan 7, 2020, 4:49 PM | 2.0 | 7.8 km | 7.8 km |
| Jan 22, 2020, 3:23 PM | 2.6 | 5.2 km | 6.9 km |
| Jan 26, 2020, 2:22 PM | 2.0 | 2.1 km | 7.8 km |
| Feb 22, 2020, 9:24 AM | 2.0 | 2.6 km | 7.1 km |
| May 10, 2019, 2:17 PM | 2.1 | 3 km | 7.1 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. 5 of these report daily to TexNet: 49.4K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| J. P. Wright #1 | Evx Operating LLC | 000109247 | 6.9 km | 20,000 | 5,500–7,200 |
| Karnes SWD #2 | Estate of James L. Nelson | 000116819 | 7.1 km | 12,500 | 5,600–7,300 |
| Helena SWD #1 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000104980 | 7.4 km | 25,000 | 6,840–7,650 |
| Skloss, Emil -SWD- #1 | 2 D Oil & Gas LLC | 000046064 | 8.3 km | 4,000 | 4,868–4,988 |
| Karnes SWD #1 | Crosstex Environmental STX, LLC | 000101718 | 8.5 km | 40,000 | 5,400–7,100 |
| Karnes SWD #1 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000104027 | 8.9 km | 25,000 | 5,400–7,100 |
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About this data
Event tx2019thvw 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/tx2019thvw, documented in the API reference.