EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2020BCDY
Magnitude 2.3 13 km WSW of Falls City, Texas
Thursday, January 16, 2020, 3:47:45 AM Central · 2020-01-16 09:47:45 UTC
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake 13 km WSW of Falls City, Texas on January 16, 2020 at 3:47 AM Central, 8.5 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 152 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 5 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.7.
3 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3.3 km away and operated by Evx Operating LLC; together they hold 55,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.3
- ML, reviewed
- 8.5
- km deep · 27,904 ft
- 5
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 152
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 3
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 309
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.9300, -98.1400
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 16, 2020, 12:25 AM | 2.0 | 0.4 km | 7.9 km |
| Jan 12, 2020, 5:12 AM | 2.2 | 0.4 km | 7.8 km |
| Jan 12, 2020, 4:39 AM | 2.0 | 1.2 km | 7.0 km |
| Jan 12, 2020, 2:51 AM | 2.1 | 0.7 km | 6.6 km |
| Feb 4, 2020, 9:01 AM | 2.2 | 8.4 km | 4.6 km |
| Feb 4, 2020, 9:07 AM | 2.1 | 9.1 km | 6.0 km |
| Dec 21, 2019, 2:13 AM | 2.6 | 8.7 km | 5.1 km |
| Aug 14, 2019, 7:35 PM | 2.1 | 3 km | 8.3 km |
| Jul 19, 2019, 3:07 AM | 2.0 | 3.4 km | 9.5 km |
| Aug 17, 2020, 9:31 AM | 2.0 | 2.7 km | 8.7 km |
| Aug 18, 2020, 8:55 AM | 2.6 | 4.7 km | 5.0 km |
| Aug 18, 2020, 10:43 AM | 2.5 | 5.8 km | 5.0 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.7 on Oct 20, 2023.
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 | 3.3 km | 25,000 | 10,000–11,000 |
| Holiday #1W | RBR Operating, Inc. | 000099902 | 3.6 km | — | 2,720–2,810 |
| Burris SWD #1 | CWR Management LLC | 000105599 | 9.2 km | 30,000 | 5,800–6,800 |
Disposal in Wilson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2020bcdy 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/tx2020bcdy, documented in the API reference.