EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2022VOSJ
Magnitude 3.0 3 km W of Falls City, Texas
Thursday, November 3, 2022, 4:25:55 PM Central · 2022-11-03 21:25:55 UTC
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake 3 km W of Falls City, Texas on November 3, 2022 at 4:25 PM Central, 6.6 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 177 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.5.
3 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3.8 km away and operated by Britanco, L.L.C.; together they hold 16,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M3.0
- ML, reviewed
- 6.6
- km deep · 21,661 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 177
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 3
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 401
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.9880, -98.0480
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2022, 9:09 PM | 2.7 | 6.2 km | 7.4 km |
| Nov 3, 2022, 9:10 PM | 2.7 | 5.6 km | 7.7 km |
| Nov 4, 2022, 8:48 PM | 2.8 | 5.1 km | 4.6 km |
| Jan 7, 2023, 8:39 AM | 2.0 | 4.2 km | 7.7 km |
| Jan 7, 2023, 1:56 PM | 2.1 | 4.9 km | 8.0 km |
| Jan 8, 2023, 7:47 AM | 2.1 | 3.6 km | 6.8 km |
| Jan 8, 2023, 11:11 AM | 2.0 | 4.5 km | 5.4 km |
| Jan 8, 2023, 4:20 PM | 3.1 | 6.4 km | 6.1 km |
| Jan 8, 2023, 6:12 PM | 2.1 | 5 km | 7.8 km |
| Jan 9, 2023, 1:53 AM | 2.4 | 5.9 km | 7.2 km |
| Jan 24, 2023, 6:09 PM | 2.4 | 6.5 km | 6.1 km |
| Jul 21, 2022, 2:25 AM | 2.4 | 6.2 km | 7.3 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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falls City Unit #135 | Britanco, L.L.C. | 000001611 | 3.8 km | 5,000 | 5,530–5,658 |
| Olinick, Jerome #151 | Britanco, L.L.C. | 000001614 | 5.2 km | 6,000 | 1,600–1,675 |
| Maurer, Boone #2 | Rio-Tex, Inc. | 000092627 | 9.4 km | 5,000 | 4,281–5,006 |
Disposal in Wilson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2022vosj 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/tx2022vosj, documented in the API reference.