EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2019ZORE
Magnitude 2.0 18 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
Monday, December 30, 2019, 12:58:37 PM Central · 2019-12-30 18:58:37 UTC
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 18 km ENE of Falls City, Texas on December 30, 2019 at 12:58 PM Central, 8.1 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 141 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 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 4.2 km away and operated by Evx Operating LLC; together they hold 114,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
6 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 49,395 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.0
- ML, reviewed
- 8.1
- km deep · 26,470 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 141
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 5
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 777
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 29.0560, -97.8470
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 28, 2019, 6:41 AM | 2.5 | 0.2 km | 7.6 km |
| Jan 22, 2020, 3:23 PM | 2.6 | 1.9 km | 6.9 km |
| Jan 26, 2020, 2:22 PM | 2.0 | 6.1 km | 7.8 km |
| Feb 22, 2020, 9:24 AM | 2.0 | 6.6 km | 7.1 km |
| Oct 2, 2019, 11:11 AM | 2.0 | 4 km | 7.3 km |
| Apr 18, 2020, 8:33 AM | 3.1 | 3.1 km | 5.0 km |
| Apr 20, 2020, 3:21 AM | 2.0 | 0.7 km | 6.6 km |
| May 8, 2020, 7:54 PM | 2.3 | 5.1 km | 7.5 km |
| Aug 21, 2019, 9:12 AM | 2.1 | 4.1 km | 8.3 km |
| May 10, 2019, 2:17 PM | 2.1 | 6.1 km | 7.1 km |
| May 10, 2019, 2:01 PM | 2.6 | 6.6 km | 7.4 km |
| May 10, 2019, 11:49 AM | 3.0 | 9.2 km | 5.0 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. 6 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 | 4.2 km | 20,000 | 5,500–7,200 |
| Karnes SWD #1 | Crosstex Environmental STX, LLC | 000101718 | 5 km | 40,000 | 5,400–7,100 |
| Karnes SWD #1 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000104027 | 5.6 km | 25,000 | 5,400–7,100 |
| Helena SWD #1 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000104980 | 9.5 km | 25,000 | 6,840–7,650 |
| Skloss, Emil -SWD- #1 | 2 D Oil & Gas LLC | 000046064 | 9.5 km | 4,000 | 4,868–4,988 |
Disposal in Wilson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2019zore 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/tx2019zore, documented in the API reference.