EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2024DMVF

Magnitude 3.4 0 km ENE of Falls City, Texas

Monday, February 19, 2024, 10:57:24 AM Central · 2024-02-19 16:57:24 UTC

A magnitude 3.4 earthquake 0 km ENE of Falls City, Texas on February 19, 2024 at 10:57 AM Central, 6.3 km deep, in the Wilson County area.

It is one of 175 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 36 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 2.5 km away and operated by Britanco, L.L.C.; together they hold 28,500 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.

M3.4
ML, reviewed
6.3
km deep · 20,637 ft
36
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
175
M2+ within 10 km, all time
4
active injection wells within 10 km
471
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
28.9860, -98.0090
County area
Wilson County
On a map
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Catalog
USGS event page ↗ · TexNet catalog ↗

Around it in time and space

M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Feb 19, 2024, 2:54 PM3.11.8 km7.7 km
Feb 19, 2024, 4:38 PM2.01.7 km7.7 km
Feb 20, 2024, 12:20 AM2.31.8 km5.7 km
Feb 18, 2024, 4:03 PM2.11.5 km6.0 km
Feb 18, 2024, 12:55 PM2.11.9 km6.9 km
Feb 17, 2024, 11:28 PM2.33.8 km8.0 km
Feb 17, 2024, 9:43 PM2.13.1 km7.5 km
Feb 17, 2024, 3:28 PM2.61.8 km7.7 km
Feb 17, 2024, 3:08 PM2.03.2 km7.6 km
Feb 17, 2024, 1:53 PM2.13.5 km7.8 km
Feb 17, 2024, 10:19 AM2.92.9 km6.8 km
Feb 17, 2024, 9:47 AM2.33.5 km7.7 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.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Falls City Unit #135Britanco, L.L.C.0000016112.5 km5,0005,530–5,658
Olinick, Jerome #151Britanco, L.L.C.0000016143 km6,0001,600–1,675
Karnes SWD #2Estate of James L. Nelson0001168198.4 km12,5005,600–7,300
Maurer, Boone #2Rio-Tex, Inc.0000926278.9 km5,0004,281–5,006

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

About this data

Event tx2024dmvf 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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