EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2024DIMZ

Magnitude 2.1 2 km SE of Falls City, Texas

Saturday, February 17, 2024, 2:15:40 AM Central · 2024-02-17 08:15:40 UTC

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 2 km SE of Falls City, Texas on February 17, 2024 at 2:15 AM Central, 7.0 km deep, in the Wilson County area.

It is one of 177 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 24 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.5.

7 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 5.1 km away and operated by Britanco, L.L.C; together they hold 76,500 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.

M2.1
ML, reviewed
7.0
km deep · 23,017 ft
24
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
177
M2+ within 10 km, all time
7
active injection wells within 10 km
579
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
28.9660, -97.9940
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
Feb 17, 2024, 1:58 AM2.02.8 km7.8 km
Feb 17, 2024, 1:16 AM2.22.2 km7.4 km
Feb 17, 2024, 12:54 AM2.10.6 km7.0 km
Feb 17, 2024, 12:52 AM3.22.9 km8.1 km
Feb 17, 2024, 12:37 AM2.01.9 km7.3 km
Feb 17, 2024, 12:34 AM3.72.7 km7.6 km
Feb 17, 2024, 12:32 AM4.53.8 km7.2 km
Feb 17, 2024, 12:27 AM2.02.7 km7.6 km
Feb 17, 2024, 12:23 AM2.12.4 km8.5 km
Feb 17, 2024, 12:20 AM4.33.4 km7.7 km
Feb 16, 2024, 9:49 PM3.93.5 km7.8 km
Feb 17, 2024, 7:09 AM2.61.5 km6.8 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.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Falls City Unit #135Britanco, L.L.C0000016115.1 km5,0005,530–5,658
Olinick, Jerome #151Britanco, L.L.C0000016145.2 km6,0001,600–1,675
Maurer, Boone #2Rio-Tex, Inc0000926277 km5,0004,281–5,006
Karnes SWD #2Estate of James L. Nelson0001168197.2 km12,5005,600–7,300
Hysaw-Hobson #3AJaybird Operating, LLC0000776128.4 km3,0004,007–4,009
Falls City SWD #1Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC0001021468.4 km25,0006,500–7,500
Karnes City-Kaleb Brewer #1CWR Managment LLC00010421810 km20,0006,387–7,850

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

About this data

TexNet catalog event tx2024dimz, 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.

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