EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2023UUUV
Magnitude 2.1 15 km WSW of Falls City, Texas
Monday, October 23, 2023, 6:57:02 PM Central · 2023-10-23 23:57:02 UTC
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 15 km WSW of Falls City, Texas on October 23, 2023 at 6:57 PM Central, 6.3 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 127 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.6.
2 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.6 km away and operated by RBR Operating, Inc.; together they hold 25,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.1
- ML, reviewed
- 6.3
- km deep · 20,766 ft
- 2
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 127
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 2
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 226
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.9400, -98.1740
- County area
- Wilson County
- On a map
- Google Maps ↗
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2023, 3:02 AM | 2.3 | 7.9 km | 6.0 km |
| Nov 2, 2023, 12:43 PM | 2.3 | 8.9 km | 5.9 km |
| Oct 12, 2023, 4:28 AM | 2.1 | 0.7 km | 6.8 km |
| Nov 5, 2023, 7:23 AM | 2.5 | 9.5 km | 6.7 km |
| Nov 11, 2023, 11:29 PM | 2.0 | 2.4 km | 7.5 km |
| Sep 28, 2023, 6:57 AM | 2.8 | 9.8 km | 8.3 km |
| Nov 20, 2023, 11:28 PM | 2.1 | 3.2 km | 8.4 km |
| Nov 21, 2023, 7:31 AM | 2.5 | 3.4 km | 7.1 km |
| Nov 29, 2023, 3:26 PM | 2.1 | 3.6 km | 7.8 km |
| Nov 29, 2023, 10:33 PM | 2.2 | 3.8 km | 7.5 km |
| Nov 30, 2023, 2:39 AM | 2.3 | 2.9 km | 8.2 km |
| Nov 30, 2023, 10:37 AM | 2.3 | 2.8 km | 7.4 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.6 on Sep 1, 2026.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holiday #1W | RBR Operating, Inc. | 000099902 | 0.6 km | — | 2,720–2,810 |
| YO Ranch SWD #1 | Evx Operating LLC | 000108295 | 2.7 km | 25,000 | 10,000–11,000 |
Disposal in Wilson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2023uuuv 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/tx2023uuuv, documented in the API reference.