EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2020JBTS
Magnitude 2.3 13 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
Friday, May 8, 2020, 7:54:33 PM Central · 2020-05-09 00:54:33 UTC
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake 13 km ENE of Falls City, Texas on May 8, 2020 at 7:54 PM Central, 7.5 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 150 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 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 6.2 km away and operated by Estate of James L. Nelson; together they hold 101,500 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.
- M2.3
- ML, reviewed
- 7.5
- km deep · 24,561 ft
- 2
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 150
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 5
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 754
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 29.0290, -97.8890
- County area
- Wilson County
- On a map
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Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 20, 2020, 3:21 AM | 2.0 | 4.5 km | 6.6 km |
| Apr 18, 2020, 8:33 AM | 3.1 | 8.2 km | 5.0 km |
| Feb 22, 2020, 9:24 AM | 2.0 | 1.7 km | 7.1 km |
| Jan 26, 2020, 2:22 PM | 2.0 | 1.3 km | 7.8 km |
| Jan 22, 2020, 3:23 PM | 2.6 | 6.1 km | 6.9 km |
| Jan 7, 2020, 4:49 PM | 2.0 | 6.6 km | 7.8 km |
| Jan 7, 2020, 4:46 PM | 2.9 | 6.6 km | 5.0 km |
| Sep 16, 2020, 1:04 AM | 2.5 | 7 km | 6.3 km |
| Dec 30, 2019, 12:58 PM | 2.0 | 5.1 km | 8.1 km |
| Dec 28, 2019, 10:59 AM | 2.3 | 6.8 km | 7.8 km |
| Dec 28, 2019, 6:41 AM | 2.5 | 5.2 km | 7.6 km |
| Dec 21, 2019, 2:52 AM | 2.1 | 6.6 km | 7.5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karnes SWD #2 | Estate of James L. Nelson | 000116819 | 6.2 km | 12,500 | 5,600–7,300 |
| Skloss, Emil -SWD- #1 | 2 D Oil & Gas LLC | 000046064 | 7.6 km | 4,000 | 4,868–4,988 |
| Helena SWD #1 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000104980 | 7.9 km | 25,000 | 6,840–7,650 |
| J. P. Wright #1 | Evx Operating LLC | 000109247 | 8.1 km | 20,000 | 5,500–7,200 |
| Karnes SWD #1 | Crosstex Environmental STX, LLC | 000101718 | 9.8 km | 40,000 | 5,400–7,100 |
Disposal in Wilson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2020jbts 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/tx2020jbts, documented in the API reference.