EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2023CISL
Magnitude 2.0 13 km SW of Falls City, Texas
Thursday, February 2, 2023, 11:27:23 PM Central · 2023-02-03 05:27:23 UTC
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 13 km SW of Falls City, Texas on February 2, 2023 at 11:27 PM Central, 3.7 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 146 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.7.
10 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 5.8 km away and operated by Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC; together they hold 163,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
1 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 829 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.0
- ML, reviewed
- 3.7
- km deep · 12,087 ft
- 2
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 146
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 10
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 463
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.8800, -98.1180
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 2, 2023, 11:21 PM | 2.6 | 0.6 km | 4.2 km |
| Feb 2, 2023, 10:21 PM | 2.1 | 1.2 km | 2.7 km |
| Feb 3, 2023, 7:39 AM | 2.5 | 0.7 km | 5.6 km |
| Feb 4, 2023, 11:15 AM | 2.6 | 1.9 km | 1.3 km |
| Apr 15, 2023, 11:46 PM | 2.1 | 7 km | 8.0 km |
| Apr 16, 2023, 12:46 AM | 2.1 | 5.9 km | 5.4 km |
| Apr 22, 2023, 7:07 PM | 2.3 | 7.3 km | 6.5 km |
| Sep 3, 2023, 6:12 AM | 2.3 | 9.1 km | 6.9 km |
| Sep 28, 2023, 6:57 AM | 2.8 | 3.9 km | 8.3 km |
| Oct 8, 2023, 10:05 PM | 2.1 | 7.1 km | 8.1 km |
| Oct 9, 2023, 8:25 AM | 3.4 | 6.7 km | 7.3 km |
| Oct 10, 2023, 1:39 AM | 2.3 | 7.4 km | 7.4 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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burris SWD #1 | Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC | 000105599 | 5.8 km | 30,000 | 5,800–6,800 |
| YO Ranch SWD #1 | Evx Operating LLC | 000108295 | 6.5 km | 25,000 | 10,000–11,000 |
| Richter,h. E. #2 | J & D Logistics Inc | 000081322 | 7.3 km | 25,000 | 6,304–6,560 |
| Gerold SWD #1 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000107012 | 7.8 km | 25,000 | 5,650–6,650 |
| Holiday #1W | RBR Operating, Inc. | 000099902 | 8.4 km | — | 2,720–2,810 |
| Hysaw-Hobson #3A | Jaybird Operating, LLC | 000077612 | 9.1 km | 3,000 | 4,007–4,009 |
| Atascosa SWD #2 | Milestone Enviro Services, LLC | 000114007 | 9.2 km | 10,000 | 5,850–6,800 |
| Atascosa SWD #3 | Milestone Enviro Services, LLC | 000124516 | 9.4 km | 10,000 | 5,850–6,800 |
| Nor-Tex SWD #1 | Crosstex Environmental STX, LLC | 000104952 | 9.8 km | 25,000 | 6,200–7,500 |
| Schumann et al Gas Unit 3 SWD #2 | XTO Energy Inc. | 000104403 | 9.9 km | 10,000 | 6,030–6,550 |
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About this data
Event tx2023cisl 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/tx2023cisl, documented in the API reference.