EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2025SOJBDJ
Magnitude 3.3 22 km SSW of Nixon, Texas
Saturday, September 20, 2025, 1:30:00 PM Central · 2025-09-20 18:30:00 UTC
A magnitude 3.3 earthquake 22 km SSW of Nixon, Texas on September 20, 2025 at 1:30 PM Central, 5.8 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 143 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.6.
6 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.9 km away and operated by Crosstex Environmental STX, LLC; together they hold 147,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
5 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 51,974 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M3.3
- ML, reviewed
- 5.8
- km deep · 19,041 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 143
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 6
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 827
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 29.0730, -97.8120
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2025, 5:35 AM | 2.0 | 8.6 km | 7.0 km |
| Oct 3, 2025, 5:15 AM | 2.0 | 7.8 km | 7.9 km |
| Oct 7, 2025, 5:01 AM | 2.1 | 7.2 km | 8.4 km |
| Jul 22, 2025, 12:30 PM | 2.1 | 6.7 km | 9.9 km |
| Jul 22, 2025, 7:47 AM | 2.5 | 7.1 km | 6.6 km |
| Jul 20, 2025, 5:38 PM | 2.3 | 6.3 km | 8.9 km |
| Dec 14, 2025, 4:12 AM | 2.8 | 1.7 km | 7.0 km |
| Feb 7, 2026, 1:51 PM | 2.4 | 7.2 km | 7.9 km |
| Feb 9, 2026, 11:29 PM | 2.0 | 6.6 km | 8.9 km |
| Feb 9, 2026, 11:37 PM | 2.7 | 7 km | 8.2 km |
| Feb 9, 2026, 11:38 PM | 2.2 | 6.7 km | 8.7 km |
| Feb 10, 2026, 10:48 PM | 2.5 | 7.5 km | 7.5 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. 5 of these report daily to TexNet: 52K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karnes SWD #1 | Crosstex Environmental STX, LLC | 000101718 | 1.9 km | 40,000 | 5,400–7,100 |
| Karnes SWD #1 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000104027 | 2.8 km | 25,000 | 5,400–7,100 |
| J. P. Wright #1 | Evx Oper LLC | 000109247 | 3.5 km | 20,000 | 5,500–7,200 |
| Gillett SWD #1 | Evx Oper LLC | 000105169 | 7 km | 20,000 | 8,950–11,950 |
| Kerlick #1 | Evx Oper LLC | 000104506 | 8.2 km | 17,500 | 5,695–5,710 |
| Brooks #1 | Evx Oper LLC | 000113472 | 10 km | 25,000 | 8,200–9,100 |
Disposal in Wilson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
TexNet catalog event tx2025sojbdj, 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/tx2025sojbdj, documented in the API reference.