EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2024SYBW
Magnitude 2.4 15 km SW of Falls City, Texas
Thursday, September 26, 2024, 2:50:55 AM Central · 2024-09-26 07:50:55 UTC
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake 15 km SW of Falls City, Texas on September 26, 2024 at 2:50 AM Central, 7.2 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 148 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.7.
9 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 5.6 km away and operated by Evx Oper LLC; together they hold 138,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
1 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 829 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.4
- ML, reviewed
- 7.2
- km deep · 23,670 ft
- 2
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 148
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 9
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 425
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.8830, -98.1260
- 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.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 23, 2024, 5:13 PM | 3.3 | 2.5 km | 5.1 km |
| Sep 23, 2024, 9:21 AM | 2.4 | 2.8 km | 5.2 km |
| Jul 30, 2024, 12:47 AM | 2.1 | 8.8 km | 5.8 km |
| May 15, 2024, 10:14 AM | 3.1 | 8.9 km | 7.8 km |
| May 14, 2024, 11:41 PM | 2.8 | 8.2 km | 7.3 km |
| May 14, 2024, 4:10 PM | 3.1 | 8.5 km | 7.8 km |
| Feb 14, 2025, 6:38 AM | 2.5 | 6.9 km | 6.8 km |
| Feb 14, 2025, 7:09 PM | 2.0 | 7 km | 8.0 km |
| Feb 15, 2025, 7:23 AM | 2.1 | 6.4 km | 7.9 km |
| Feb 15, 2025, 7:52 PM | 3.1 | 6.3 km | 7.0 km |
| Feb 16, 2025, 2:10 PM | 3.0 | 6.8 km | 7.5 km |
| Feb 21, 2025, 2:44 PM | 2.0 | 7.6 km | 8.5 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.7 on Oct 20, 2023.
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. 1 of these report daily to TexNet: 829 bbl/d in Aug 2026.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| YO Ranch SWD #1 | Evx Oper LLC | 000108295 | 5.6 km | 25,000 | 10,000–11,000 |
| Burris SWD #1 | CWR Managment LLC | 000105599 | 6.5 km | 30,000 | 5,800–6,800 |
| Richter,h. E. #2 | J & D Logistics Inc | 000081322 | 7.2 km | 25,000 | 6,304–6,560 |
| Gerold SWD #1 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000107012 | 7.4 km | 25,000 | 5,650–6,650 |
| Holiday #1W | RBR Oper, Inc | 000099902 | 7.6 km | — | 2,720–2,810 |
| Atascosa SWD #2 | Milestone Enviro Services, LLC | 000114007 | 9.3 km | 10,000 | 5,850–6,800 |
| Atascosa SWD #3 | Milestone Enviro Services, LLC | 000124516 | 9.4 km | 10,000 | 5,850–6,800 |
| Hysaw-Hobson #3A | Jaybird Operating, LLC | 000077612 | 9.8 km | 3,000 | 4,007–4,009 |
| Schumann et al Gas Unit 3 SWD #2 | XTO Engy Inc | 000104403 | 9.9 km | 10,000 | 6,030–6,550 |
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About this data
TexNet catalog event tx2024sybw, 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/tx2024sybw, documented in the API reference.