EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2022HOEA

Magnitude 2.3 17 km SW of Falls City, Texas

Monday, April 18, 2022, 3:41:25 AM Central · 2022-04-18 08:41:25 UTC

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake 17 km SW of Falls City, Texas on April 18, 2022 at 3:41 AM Central, 8.6 km deep, in the Wilson County area.

It is one of 118 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 8 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.7.

9 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 4.7 km away and operated by J & D Logistics Inc; together they hold 185,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

1 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 829 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.3
ML, reviewed
8.6
km deep · 28,180 ft
8
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
118
M2+ within 10 km, all time
9
active injection wells within 10 km
472
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
28.8550, -98.1260
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
Apr 17, 2022, 2:25 PM2.70.9 km7.7 km
Apr 17, 2022, 3:01 AM2.52.4 km3.1 km
Apr 17, 2022, 12:00 AM2.60.3 km9.5 km
Apr 19, 2022, 10:18 AM2.01 km8.4 km
Apr 16, 2022, 7:45 PM3.00.6 km9.4 km
Apr 16, 2022, 9:27 AM2.10.8 km7.5 km
Apr 25, 2022, 6:58 AM2.01.2 km7.1 km
Mar 25, 2022, 12:26 PM2.38.8 km8.8 km
Mar 25, 2022, 10:59 AM2.19.3 km8.7 km
Mar 23, 2022, 7:03 AM2.49.4 km9.9 km
Dec 23, 2021, 6:23 AM3.03.4 km4.4 km
Dec 21, 2021, 3:18 PM2.53.3 km5.4 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. 1 of these report daily to TexNet: 829 bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Richter,h. E. #2J & D Logistics Inc0000813224.7 km25,0006,304–6,560
Gerold SWD #1Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC0001070125.8 km25,0005,650–6,650
Atascosa SWD #2Milestone Enviro Services, LLC0001140076.4 km10,0005,850–6,800
Atascosa SWD #3Milestone Enviro Services, LLC0001245166.5 km10,0005,850–6,800
Schumann et al Gas Unit 3 SWD #2XTO Energy Inc.0001044037.1 km10,0006,030–6,550
Burris SWD #1CWR Management LLC0001055997.4 km30,0005,800–6,800
Nor-Tex SWD #1Crosstex Environmental STX, LLC0001049527.5 km25,0006,200–7,500
YO Ranch SWD #1Evx Operating LLC0001082958 km25,00010,000–11,000
FF Fashing SWD #1AEvx Operating LLC0001057139.7 km25,0006,000–6,600

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

About this data

Event tx2022hoea 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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