EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · TX2026TAWRXG
Magnitude 2.2 5 km S of Falls City, Texas
Sunday, September 27, 2026, 9:15:25 AM Central · 2026-09-27 14:15:25 UTC
A magnitude 2.2 earthquake 5 km S of Falls City, Texas on September 27, 2026 at 9:15 AM Central, 7.3 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 184 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 6 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 2.5 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.
- M2.2
- ML, reviewed
- 7.3
- km deep · 23,812 ft
- 6
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 184
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 7
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 678
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.9290, -98.0130
- 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 27, 2026, 9:14 AM | 2.3 | 1.5 km | 7.4 km |
| Sep 27, 2026, 8:54 AM | 2.3 | 2 km | 8.1 km |
| Sep 12, 2026, 7:29 AM | 2.4 | 8.2 km | 9.7 km |
| Sep 3, 2026, 1:48 PM | 2.6 | 8.8 km | 8.9 km |
| Sep 1, 2026, 2:23 PM | 2.8 | 8.9 km | 7.5 km |
| Sep 1, 2026, 9:26 AM | 3.6 | 9.4 km | 8.6 km |
| May 6, 2026, 4:34 PM | 2.1 | 9.8 km | 8.9 km |
| Apr 30, 2026, 11:15 AM | 2.2 | 7.6 km | 7.7 km |
| Apr 29, 2026, 11:34 PM | 2.0 | 8.4 km | 8.0 km |
| Apr 29, 2026, 5:42 PM | 2.2 | 8.5 km | 8.1 km |
| Apr 29, 2026, 4:48 PM | 2.1 | 7.6 km | 7.8 km |
| Feb 24, 2026, 6:23 PM | 2.6 | 8.4 km | 5.6 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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maurer, Boone #2 | Rio-Tex, Inc | 000092627 | 2.5 km | 5,000 | 4,281–5,006 |
| Hysaw-Hobson #3A | Jaybird Operating, LLC | 000077612 | 3.9 km | 3,000 | 4,007–4,009 |
| Burris SWD #1 | CWR Managment LLC | 000105599 | 6.5 km | 30,000 | 5,800–6,800 |
| Karnes City-Kaleb Brewer #1 | CWR Managment LLC | 000104218 | 6.8 km | 20,000 | 6,387–7,850 |
| Falls City SWD #1 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000102146 | 7.8 km | 25,000 | 6,500–7,500 |
| Falls City Unit #135 | Britanco, L.L.C | 000001611 | 8.8 km | 5,000 | 5,530–5,658 |
| Olinick, Jerome #151 | Britanco, L.L.C | 000001614 | 9.3 km | 6,000 | 1,600–1,675 |
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About this data
TexNet catalog event tx2026tawrxg, 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/tx2026tawrxg, documented in the API reference.