EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2024DIKG
Magnitude 3.2 4 km E of Falls City, Texas
Saturday, February 17, 2024, 12:52:14 AM Central · 2024-02-17 06:52:14 UTC
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake 4 km E of Falls City, Texas on February 17, 2024 at 12:52 AM Central, 8.1 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 185 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 20 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.5.
5 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 4.6 km away and operated by Britanco, L.L.C; together they hold 53,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
2 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 16,354 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M3.2
- ML, reviewed
- 8.1
- km deep · 26,417 ft
- 20
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 185
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 5
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 682
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.9820, -97.9710
- County area
- Wilson County
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Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 17, 2024, 12:54 AM | 2.1 | 3.4 km | 7.0 km |
| Feb 17, 2024, 12:37 AM | 2.0 | 4.7 km | 7.3 km |
| Feb 17, 2024, 12:34 AM | 3.7 | 5.5 km | 7.6 km |
| Feb 17, 2024, 12:32 AM | 4.5 | 6.6 km | 7.2 km |
| Feb 17, 2024, 1:16 AM | 2.2 | 5 km | 7.4 km |
| Feb 17, 2024, 12:27 AM | 2.0 | 5.5 km | 7.6 km |
| Feb 17, 2024, 12:23 AM | 2.1 | 5.2 km | 8.5 km |
| Feb 17, 2024, 12:20 AM | 4.3 | 6.2 km | 7.7 km |
| Feb 17, 2024, 1:58 AM | 2.0 | 5.6 km | 7.8 km |
| Feb 17, 2024, 2:15 AM | 2.1 | 2.9 km | 7.0 km |
| Feb 16, 2024, 9:49 PM | 3.9 | 6.3 km | 7.8 km |
| Feb 16, 2024, 7:53 PM | 2.3 | 4.9 km | 6.7 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. 2 of these report daily to TexNet: 16.4K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olinick, Jerome #151 | Britanco, L.L.C | 000001614 | 4.6 km | 6,000 | 1,600–1,675 |
| Karnes SWD #2 | Estate of James L. Nelson | 000116819 | 4.7 km | 12,500 | 5,600–7,300 |
| Falls City Unit #135 | Britanco, L.L.C | 000001611 | 5.2 km | 5,000 | 5,530–5,658 |
| Falls City SWD #1 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000102146 | 8.6 km | 25,000 | 6,500–7,500 |
| Maurer, Boone #2 | Rio-Tex, Inc | 000092627 | 9.6 km | 5,000 | 4,281–5,006 |
Disposal in Wilson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
TexNet catalog event tx2024dikg, as published by the 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/tx2024dikg, documented in the API reference.