EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2026TAVZRM

Magnitude 2.3 4 km S of Falls City, Texas

Sunday, September 27, 2026, 8:54:15 AM Central · 2026-09-27 13:54:15 UTC

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake 4 km S of Falls City, Texas on September 27, 2026 at 8:54 AM Central, 8.1 km deep, in the Wilson County area.

It is one of 186 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 4 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.5.

7 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 4.3 km away and operated by Rio-Tex, Inc; together they hold 94,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

2 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 16,354 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.3
ML, reviewed
8.1
km deep · 26,633 ft
4
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
186
M2+ within 10 km, all time
7
active injection wells within 10 km
581
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
28.9460, -98.0200
County area
Wilson County
On a map
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Catalog
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Around it in time and space

M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Sep 27, 2026, 9:14 AM2.30.7 km7.4 km
Sep 27, 2026, 9:15 AM2.22 km7.3 km
Sep 12, 2026, 7:29 AM2.48.9 km9.7 km
Sep 3, 2026, 1:48 PM2.69.2 km8.9 km
Sep 1, 2026, 2:23 PM2.89.4 km7.5 km
Sep 1, 2026, 9:26 AM3.69.7 km8.6 km
May 6, 2026, 4:34 PM2.18.9 km8.9 km
Apr 30, 2026, 11:15 AM2.27 km7.7 km
Apr 29, 2026, 11:34 PM2.07.1 km8.0 km
Apr 29, 2026, 5:42 PM2.27.4 km8.1 km
Apr 29, 2026, 4:48 PM2.16.7 km7.8 km
Feb 24, 2026, 6:23 PM2.66.6 km5.6 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. 2 of these report daily to TexNet: 16.4K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Maurer, Boone #2Rio-Tex, Inc0000926274.3 km5,0004,281–5,006
Hysaw-Hobson #3AJaybird Operating, LLC0000776125.5 km3,0004,007–4,009
Falls City Unit #135Britanco, L.L.C0000016116.9 km5,0005,530–5,658
Burris SWD #1CWR Managment LLC0001055997.6 km30,0005,800–6,800
Olinick, Jerome #151Britanco, L.L.C0000016147.6 km6,0001,600–1,675
Karnes City-Kaleb Brewer #1CWR Managment LLC0001042188.8 km20,0006,387–7,850
Falls City SWD #1Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC0001021469.1 km25,0006,500–7,500

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

About this data

TexNet catalog event tx2026tavzrm, 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.

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