EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2025CBJV

Magnitude 2.4 19 km ENE of Falls City, Texas

Wednesday, January 29, 2025, 11:03:16 PM Central · 2025-01-30 05:03:16 UTC

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake 19 km ENE of Falls City, Texas on January 29, 2025 at 11:03 PM Central, 7.8 km deep, in the Wilson County area.

It is one of 154 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 5 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.6.

4 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3.4 km away and operated by Evx Operating LLC; together they hold 105,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

6 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 55,868 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.4
ML, reviewed
7.8
km deep · 25,752 ft
5
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
154
M2+ within 10 km, all time
4
active injection wells within 10 km
820
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
29.0610, -97.8340
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
Jan 29, 2025, 10:42 PM2.02.8 km6.7 km
Jan 29, 2025, 10:29 PM2.21 km8.3 km
Jan 30, 2025, 12:17 AM2.70.6 km7.6 km
Jan 29, 2025, 9:26 PM4.61.2 km6.8 km
Jan 30, 2025, 3:13 AM2.01.9 km7.6 km
Jan 30, 2025, 8:07 AM2.00.6 km7.2 km
Jan 30, 2025, 9:59 PM3.50.6 km7.4 km
Jan 31, 2025, 11:45 AM2.12.3 km7.7 km
Jan 31, 2025, 3:48 PM2.33.4 km7.3 km
Feb 1, 2025, 10:44 AM2.12.1 km8.6 km
Feb 1, 2025, 7:20 PM2.01.8 km7.4 km
Feb 8, 2025, 7:01 PM2.16.3 km7.5 km

Largest nearby on record: M4.6 on Jan 30, 2025.

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. 6 of these report daily to TexNet: 55.9K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
J. P. Wright #1Evx Operating LLC0001092473.4 km20,0005,500–7,200
Karnes SWD #1Crosstex Environmental STX, LLC0001017183.7 km40,0005,400–7,100
Karnes SWD #1Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC0001040274.4 km25,0005,400–7,100
Gillett SWD #1Evx Operating LLC0001051699 km20,0008,950–11,950

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

About this data

Event tx2025cbjv 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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