EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · US100095UL

Magnitude 3.0 13 km NE of Falls City, Texas

Sunday, July 2, 2017, 4:00:46 AM Central · 2017-07-02 09:00:46 UTC

A magnitude 3.0 earthquake 13 km NE of Falls City, Texas on July 2, 2017 at 4:00 AM Central, 5.5 km deep, in the Wilson County area.

It is one of 153 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.6.

3 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 4.3 km away and operated by 2 D Oil & Gas LLC; together they hold 36,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

3 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 40,912 barrels a day in August 2026.

M3.0
MB_LG, reviewed
5.5
km deep · 17,881 ft
0
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
153
M2+ within 10 km, all time
3
active injection wells within 10 km
609
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
29.0542, -97.9082
County area
Wilson County
On a map
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Catalog
USGS event page ↗

Around it in time and space

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

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Jan 2, 2018, 9:45 PM2.03.6 km4.7 km
Jan 9, 2018, 2:14 PM2.80.5 km5.0 km
Jan 10, 2018, 3:11 AM2.19.2 km3.8 km
Feb 12, 2018, 6:31 AM2.02 km8.3 km
Feb 12, 2018, 8:24 AM3.15.2 km5.0 km
Feb 15, 2018, 10:18 PM2.02.1 km7.0 km
Feb 18, 2018, 6:39 PM2.55.5 km7.1 km
Feb 19, 2018, 4:04 PM3.09.7 km5.0 km
Jun 11, 2018, 3:04 PM2.32 km5.9 km
Jun 11, 2018, 3:27 PM2.34.5 km6.6 km
Jun 13, 2018, 10:18 AM2.57.4 km2.8 km
Jun 13, 2018, 11:02 AM2.18.3 km1.8 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. 3 of these report daily to TexNet: 40.9K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Skloss, Emil -SWD- #12 D Oil & Gas LLC0000460644.3 km4,0004,868–4,988
Karnes SWD #2Estate of James L. Nelson0001168198.2 km12,5005,600–7,300
J. P. Wright #1Evx Operating LLC00010924710 km20,0005,500–7,200

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

About this data

Event us100095ul from the USGS earthquake catalog, located by the network its id names 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/us100095ul, documented in the API reference.