EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2024DPKE
Magnitude 2.1 19 km WSW of Falls City, Texas
Tuesday, February 20, 2024, 8:46:55 PM Central · 2024-02-21 02:46:55 UTC
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 19 km WSW of Falls City, Texas on February 20, 2024 at 8:46 PM Central, 7.0 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 138 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.8.
3 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3.3 km away and operated by Evx Operating LLC; together they hold 50,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.1
- ML, reviewed
- 7.0
- km deep · 23,039 ft
- 2
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 138
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 3
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 233
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.9160, -98.2040
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 19, 2024, 6:35 AM | 2.0 | 1.5 km | 9.2 km |
| Feb 18, 2024, 2:56 AM | 2.0 | 0.4 km | 8.1 km |
| Mar 5, 2024, 6:30 AM | 2.1 | 8.3 km | 7.0 km |
| Mar 6, 2024, 12:58 PM | 2.7 | 8.3 km | 8.9 km |
| Mar 6, 2024, 3:24 PM | 2.0 | 7.6 km | 7.4 km |
| Nov 30, 2023, 10:37 AM | 2.3 | 6 km | 7.4 km |
| Nov 30, 2023, 2:39 AM | 2.3 | 6.1 km | 8.2 km |
| Nov 29, 2023, 10:33 PM | 2.2 | 7.1 km | 7.5 km |
| Nov 29, 2023, 3:26 PM | 2.1 | 6.7 km | 7.8 km |
| Nov 21, 2023, 7:31 AM | 2.5 | 6 km | 7.1 km |
| Nov 20, 2023, 11:28 PM | 2.1 | 6.9 km | 8.4 km |
| Nov 11, 2023, 11:29 PM | 2.0 | 1.5 km | 7.5 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.8 on Nov 18, 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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YO Ranch SWD #1 | Evx Operating LLC | 000108295 | 3.3 km | 25,000 | 10,000–11,000 |
| Holiday #1W | RBR Operating, Inc. | 000099902 | 3.5 km | — | 2,720–2,810 |
| Gerold SWD #1 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000107012 | 9 km | 25,000 | 5,650–6,650 |
Disposal in Wilson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2024dpke 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/tx2024dpke, documented in the API reference.