EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2025DTHH

Magnitude 2.0 20 km WSW of Falls City, Texas

Saturday, February 22, 2025, 11:52:14 PM Central · 2025-02-23 05:52:14 UTC

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 20 km WSW of Falls City, Texas on February 22, 2025 at 11:52 PM Central, 6.7 km deep, in the Wilson County area.

It is one of 139 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 25 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.8.

4 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 4.3 km away and operated by Evx Operating LLC; together they hold 50,600 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.0
ML, reviewed
6.7
km deep · 22,062 ft
25
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
139
M2+ within 10 km, all time
4
active injection wells within 10 km
225
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
28.9090, -98.2140
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
Feb 22, 2025, 11:09 PM2.11.1 km6.1 km
Feb 22, 2025, 9:55 PM2.00.9 km5.7 km
Feb 22, 2025, 3:24 PM2.40.3 km6.8 km
Feb 22, 2025, 2:07 PM2.31.4 km8.2 km
Feb 22, 2025, 9:47 AM2.60.8 km7.0 km
Feb 23, 2025, 2:39 PM2.00.2 km7.1 km
Feb 23, 2025, 4:11 PM2.12.9 km6.3 km
Feb 23, 2025, 4:15 PM2.21.6 km7.4 km
Feb 22, 2025, 7:08 AM2.20.9 km6.8 km
Feb 22, 2025, 6:25 AM2.41.1 km6.6 km
Feb 22, 2025, 4:21 AM2.00.4 km7.5 km
Feb 22, 2025, 4:12 AM2.41.2 km7.2 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.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
YO Ranch SWD #1Evx Operating LLC0001082954.3 km25,00010,000–11,000
Holiday #1WRBR Operating, Inc.0000999024.7 km—2,720–2,810
Gerold SWD #1Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC0001070128.6 km25,0005,650–6,650
Kinsel "B" #1Flat Top Operating, LLC0000906469.3 km6005,390–5,460

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

About this data

Event tx2025dthh 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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