EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2025DHPE
Magnitude 3.0 19 km WSW of Falls City, Texas
Sunday, February 16, 2025, 2:10:40 PM Central · 2025-02-16 20:10:40 UTC
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake 19 km WSW of Falls City, Texas on February 16, 2025 at 2:10 PM Central, 7.5 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 134 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 4 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.6.
4 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3.1 km away and operated by Evx Oper LLC; together they hold 75,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M3.0
- ML, reviewed
- 7.5
- km deep · 24,703 ft
- 4
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 134
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 4
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 250
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.8970, -98.1940
- County area
- Wilson County
- On a map
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- Catalog
- TexNet earthquake catalog ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 15, 2025, 7:52 PM | 3.1 | 0.5 km | 7.0 km |
| Feb 15, 2025, 7:23 AM | 2.1 | 0.4 km | 7.9 km |
| Feb 14, 2025, 7:09 PM | 2.0 | 0.5 km | 8.0 km |
| Feb 14, 2025, 6:38 AM | 2.5 | 0.3 km | 6.8 km |
| Feb 21, 2025, 2:44 PM | 2.0 | 1.9 km | 8.5 km |
| Feb 21, 2025, 5:00 PM | 2.0 | 1.8 km | 7.6 km |
| Feb 21, 2025, 6:07 PM | 2.0 | 1.6 km | 7.6 km |
| Feb 21, 2025, 6:49 PM | 2.1 | 1.9 km | 7.4 km |
| Feb 21, 2025, 7:44 PM | 2.0 | 1.9 km | 7.5 km |
| Feb 21, 2025, 9:19 PM | 2.4 | 1.9 km | 7.6 km |
| Feb 21, 2025, 11:37 PM | 2.0 | 2 km | 8.0 km |
| Feb 21, 2025, 11:44 PM | 2.3 | 2.3 km | 6.8 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.6 on Sep 1, 2026.
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 Oper LLC | 000108295 | 3.1 km | 25,000 | 10,000–11,000 |
| Holiday #1W | RBR Oper, Inc | 000099902 | 4.6 km | — | 2,720–2,810 |
| Gerold SWD #1 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000107012 | 6.8 km | 25,000 | 5,650–6,650 |
| Richter,h. E. #2 | J & D Logistics Inc | 000081322 | 8.4 km | 25,000 | 6,304–6,560 |
Disposal in Wilson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
TexNet catalog event tx2025dhpe, 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/tx2025dhpe, documented in the API reference.