EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2026RFEETF
Magnitude 3.6 12 km SW of Falls City, Texas
Tuesday, September 1, 2026, 9:26:42 AM Central · 2026-09-01 14:26:42 UTC
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake 12 km SW of Falls City, Texas on September 1, 2026 at 9:26 AM Central, 8.6 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 147 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.5.
6 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 4.3 km away and operated by CWR Managment LLC; together they hold 88,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M3.6
- ML, reviewed
- 8.6
- km deep · 28,285 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 147
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 6
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 489
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.8970, -98.1020
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026, 2:23 PM | 2.8 | 1.1 km | 7.5 km |
| Sep 3, 2026, 1:48 PM | 2.6 | 1 km | 8.9 km |
| Sep 12, 2026, 7:29 AM | 2.4 | 1.8 km | 9.7 km |
| Sep 27, 2026, 8:54 AM | 2.3 | 9.7 km | 8.1 km |
| Sep 27, 2026, 9:14 AM | 2.3 | 9.1 km | 7.4 km |
| Sep 27, 2026, 9:15 AM | 2.2 | 9.4 km | 7.3 km |
| Jun 13, 2026, 12:48 AM | 2.1 | 9.9 km | 8.1 km |
| Mar 10, 2025, 9:49 AM | 3.0 | 9.5 km | 7.7 km |
| Feb 28, 2025, 8:51 PM | 2.1 | 7.8 km | 8.3 km |
| Feb 26, 2025, 12:41 AM | 2.2 | 9.2 km | 6.7 km |
| Feb 24, 2025, 2:18 PM | 2.2 | 9.4 km | 7.4 km |
| Feb 24, 2025, 8:07 AM | 2.1 | 9.6 km | 7.6 km |
Largest nearby on record: M4.5 on Feb 17, 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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burris SWD #1 | CWR Managment LLC | 000105599 | 4.3 km | 30,000 | 5,800–6,800 |
| YO Ranch SWD #1 | Evx Oper LLC | 000108295 | 7 km | 25,000 | 10,000–11,000 |
| Hysaw-Hobson #3A | Jaybird Operating, LLC | 000077612 | 7.3 km | 3,000 | 4,007–4,009 |
| Maurer, Boone #2 | Rio-Tex, Inc | 000092627 | 8.1 km | 5,000 | 4,281–5,006 |
| Holiday #1W | RBR Oper, Inc | 000099902 | 8.4 km | — | 2,720–2,810 |
| Richter,h. E. #2 | J & D Logistics Inc | 000081322 | 9.7 km | 25,000 | 6,304–6,560 |
Disposal in Wilson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
TexNet catalog event tx2026rfeetf, 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/tx2026rfeetf, documented in the API reference.