EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2025CBMD

Magnitude 2.7 20 km ENE of Falls City, Texas

Thursday, January 30, 2025, 12:17:18 AM Central · 2025-01-30 06:17:18 UTC

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake 20 km ENE of Falls City, Texas on January 30, 2025 at 12:17 AM Central, 7.6 km deep, in the Wilson County area.

It is one of 156 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 6 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.6.

6 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3.8 km away and operated by Crosstex Environmental STX, LLC; together they hold 147,500 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.

M2.7
ML, reviewed
7.6
km deep · 24,991 ft
6
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
156
M2+ within 10 km, all time
6
active injection wells within 10 km
810
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
29.0660, -97.8350
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
Jan 29, 2025, 11:03 PM2.40.6 km7.8 km
Jan 29, 2025, 10:42 PM2.02.9 km6.7 km
Jan 29, 2025, 10:29 PM2.21.4 km8.3 km
Jan 29, 2025, 9:26 PM4.61.4 km6.8 km
Jan 30, 2025, 3:13 AM2.02 km7.6 km
Jan 30, 2025, 8:07 AM2.00.1 km7.2 km
Jan 30, 2025, 9:59 PM3.50.3 km7.4 km
Jan 31, 2025, 11:45 AM2.12.4 km7.7 km
Jan 31, 2025, 3:48 PM2.33.5 km7.3 km
Feb 1, 2025, 10:44 AM2.12.4 km8.6 km
Feb 1, 2025, 7:20 PM2.01.8 km7.4 km
Feb 8, 2025, 7:01 PM2.16.1 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
Karnes SWD #1Crosstex Environmental STX, LLC0001017183.8 km40,0005,400–7,100
J. P. Wright #1Evx Operating LLC0001092473.8 km20,0005,500–7,200
Karnes SWD #1Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC0001040274.5 km25,0005,400–7,100
Gillett SWD #1Evx Operating LLC0001051698.5 km20,0008,950–11,950
Brooks #1Evx Operating LLC0001134729.7 km25,0008,200–9,100
Kerlick #1Evx Operating LLC00010450610 km17,5005,695–5,710

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

About this data

Event tx2025cbmd 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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