EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2025UJRXAP
Magnitude 2.0 13 km SW of Poth, Texas
Thursday, October 16, 2025, 8:27:09 AM Central · 2025-10-16 13:27:09 UTC
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 13 km SW of Poth, Texas on October 16, 2025 at 8:27 AM Central, 6.9 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 91 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.1.
3 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 4.3 km away and operated by RBR Operating, Inc.; together they hold 26,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.0
- ML, reviewed
- 6.9
- km deep · 22,497 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 91
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 3
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 182
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.9740, -98.1750
- 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.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 15, 2025, 7:07 PM | 3.0 | 0.7 km | 7.2 km |
| Oct 17, 2025, 2:25 AM | 2.0 | 1.1 km | 7.4 km |
| Oct 17, 2025, 4:39 AM | 2.2 | 0.7 km | 7.4 km |
| Oct 17, 2025, 9:33 PM | 3.0 | 1.4 km | 7.8 km |
| Oct 17, 2025, 10:04 PM | 2.0 | 1 km | 8.3 km |
| Mar 10, 2025, 9:49 AM | 3.0 | 9.1 km | 7.7 km |
| Mar 1, 2025, 6:33 AM | 2.0 | 5.9 km | 7.0 km |
| Feb 26, 2025, 12:41 AM | 2.2 | 5.5 km | 6.7 km |
| Feb 25, 2025, 3:35 PM | 2.6 | 8.4 km | 7.7 km |
| Feb 24, 2025, 3:04 PM | 2.3 | 6.9 km | 7.3 km |
| Feb 24, 2025, 2:18 PM | 2.2 | 6.7 km | 7.4 km |
| Feb 24, 2025, 8:07 AM | 2.1 | 5.9 km | 7.6 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.1 on Feb 16, 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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holiday #1W | RBR Operating, Inc. | 000099902 | 4.3 km | — | 2,720–2,810 |
| YO Ranch SWD #1 | Evx Operating LLC | 000108295 | 6.5 km | 25,000 | 10,000–11,000 |
| Lyssy-Deering #1H | Chandler Oil & Gas, LLC | 000115693 | 7.6 km | 1,500 | 7,440–8,543 |
Disposal in Wilson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2025ujrxap 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.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/earthquakes/tx/events/tx2025ujrxap, documented in the API reference.