EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2020CLHA

Magnitude 2.1 10 km SSW of Falls City, Texas

Tuesday, February 4, 2020, 9:07:15 AM Central · 2020-02-04 15:07:15 UTC

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 10 km SSW of Falls City, Texas on February 4, 2020 at 9:07 AM Central, 6.0 km deep, in the Wilson County area.

It is one of 158 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 6 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.5.

4 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.6 km away and operated by Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC; together they hold 58,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.1
ML, reviewed
6.0
km deep · 19,658 ft
6
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
158
M2+ within 10 km, all time
4
active injection wells within 10 km
661
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
28.8920, -98.0570
County area
Wilson County
On a map
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Catalog
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Around it in time and space

M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Feb 4, 2020, 9:01 AM2.20.7 km4.6 km
Jan 16, 2020, 3:47 AM2.39.1 km8.5 km
Jan 16, 2020, 12:25 AM2.08.7 km7.9 km
Jan 12, 2020, 5:12 AM2.29.3 km7.8 km
Jan 12, 2020, 4:39 AM2.08.3 km7.0 km
Jan 12, 2020, 2:51 AM2.18.5 km6.6 km
Nov 21, 2019, 2:19 AM2.39.6 km7.5 km
Aug 14, 2019, 7:35 PM2.16.1 km8.3 km
Aug 9, 2019, 11:04 PM2.19.9 km7.2 km
Aug 9, 2019, 10:13 AM2.29.7 km7.0 km
Aug 17, 2020, 9:31 AM2.07.4 km8.7 km
Aug 18, 2020, 8:55 AM2.64.4 km5.0 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.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Burris SWD #1Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC0001055990.6 km30,0005,800–6,800
Hysaw-Hobson #3AJaybird Operating, LLC0000776123 km3,0004,007–4,009
Maurer, Boone #2Rio-Tex, Inc.0000926274 km5,0004,281–5,006
Karnes City-Kaleb Brewer #1Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC0001042188.3 km20,0006,387–7,850

Disposal in Wilson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →

About this data

Event tx2020clha 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.

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