EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2025EEAJ
Magnitude 2.1 20 km SW of Falls City, Texas
Friday, February 28, 2025, 8:51:22 PM Central · 2025-03-01 02:51:22 UTC
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 20 km SW of Falls City, Texas on February 28, 2025 at 8:51 PM Central, 8.3 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 121 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 37 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.6.
7 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.7 km away and operated by Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC; together they hold 105,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
1 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 829 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.1
- ML, reviewed
- 8.3
- km deep · 27,313 ft
- 37
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 121
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 7
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 338
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.8580, -98.1680
- County area
- Wilson County
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Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 1, 2025, 6:33 AM | 2.0 | 8.4 km | 7.0 km |
| Feb 26, 2025, 12:41 AM | 2.2 | 7.9 km | 6.7 km |
| Feb 25, 2025, 3:35 PM | 2.6 | 7.1 km | 7.7 km |
| Feb 24, 2025, 3:04 PM | 2.3 | 8.2 km | 7.3 km |
| Feb 24, 2025, 2:18 PM | 2.2 | 7.1 km | 7.4 km |
| Feb 24, 2025, 8:07 AM | 2.1 | 7.8 km | 7.6 km |
| Feb 24, 2025, 7:32 AM | 2.3 | 7.3 km | 7.5 km |
| Feb 24, 2025, 3:45 AM | 2.4 | 7.8 km | 6.8 km |
| Feb 23, 2025, 10:35 PM | 2.3 | 7 km | 7.3 km |
| Feb 23, 2025, 4:15 PM | 2.2 | 7.3 km | 7.4 km |
| Feb 23, 2025, 4:11 PM | 2.1 | 8.2 km | 6.3 km |
| Feb 23, 2025, 2:39 PM | 2.0 | 7.3 km | 7.1 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. 1 of these report daily to TexNet: 829 bbl/d in Aug 2026.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerold SWD #1 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000107012 | 2.7 km | 25,000 | 5,650–6,650 |
| Richter,h. E. #2 | J & D Logistics Inc | 000081322 | 3.6 km | 25,000 | 6,304–6,560 |
| Atascosa SWD #2 | Milestone Enviro Services, LLC | 000114007 | 6.3 km | 10,000 | 5,850–6,800 |
| YO Ranch SWD #1 | Evx Oper LLC | 000108295 | 6.4 km | 25,000 | 10,000–11,000 |
| Atascosa SWD #3 | Milestone Enviro Services, LLC | 000124516 | 6.4 km | 10,000 | 5,850–6,800 |
| Schumann et al Gas Unit 3 SWD #2 | XTO Engy Inc | 000104403 | 6.6 km | 10,000 | 6,030–6,550 |
| Holiday #1W | RBR Oper, Inc | 000099902 | 8.6 km | — | 2,720–2,810 |
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About this data
TexNet catalog event tx2025eeaj, 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/tx2025eeaj, documented in the API reference.