EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2023TWMP

Magnitude 2.2 7 km SSW of Falls City, Texas

Tuesday, October 10, 2023, 11:32:16 AM Central · 2023-10-10 16:32:16 UTC

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake 7 km SSW of Falls City, Texas on October 10, 2023 at 11:32 AM Central, 8.0 km deep, in the Wilson County area.

It is one of 197 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 4.2 km away and operated by Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC; together they hold 58,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.2
ML, reviewed
8.0
km deep · 26,242 ft
6
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
197
M2+ within 10 km, all time
4
active injection wells within 10 km
571
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
28.9250, -98.0580
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
Oct 10, 2023, 12:17 PM3.01.1 km7.6 km
Oct 10, 2023, 5:21 AM2.70.6 km6.5 km
Oct 10, 2023, 1:39 AM2.30.3 km7.4 km
Oct 11, 2023, 1:31 AM2.11.1 km6.4 km
Oct 9, 2023, 8:25 AM3.41 km7.3 km
Oct 8, 2023, 10:05 PM2.10.9 km8.1 km
Oct 6, 2023, 5:18 PM2.27.4 km7.3 km
Oct 14, 2023, 10:30 AM2.57.8 km7.2 km
Oct 17, 2023, 10:54 AM2.10.4 km8.6 km
Oct 20, 2023, 6:07 PM3.70.9 km7.0 km
Oct 20, 2023, 6:09 PM2.30.5 km7.4 km
Oct 20, 2023, 6:45 PM2.21 km5.2 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, LLC0001055994.2 km30,0005,800–6,800
Maurer, Boone #2Rio-Tex, Inc.0000926274.2 km5,0004,281–5,006
Hysaw-Hobson #3AJaybird Operating, LLC0000776124.4 km3,0004,007–4,009
Karnes City-Kaleb Brewer #1Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC0001042189.8 km20,0006,387–7,850

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

About this data

Event tx2023twmp 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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