EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · US1000C1FK
Magnitude 3.6 17 km SW of Falls City, Texas
Saturday, January 6, 2018, 9:37:17 AM Central · 2018-01-06 15:37:17 UTC
A magnitude 3.6 earthquake 17 km SW of Falls City, Texas on January 6, 2018 at 9:37 AM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 100 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.7.
9 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 4.9 km away and operated by J & D Logistics Inc; together they hold 185,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
1 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 829 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M3.6
- MB_LG, reviewed
- 5.0
- km deep · 16,405 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 100
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 9
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 544
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.8497, -98.1190
- County area
- Wilson County
- On a map
- OpenStreetMap ↗
- Catalog
- TexNet earthquake catalog ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 7, 2018, 12:33 AM | 2.0 | 7 km | 3.1 km |
| Jan 7, 2018, 2:56 AM | 3.1 | 9.5 km | 5.0 km |
| Jan 16, 2018, 6:30 AM | 2.9 | 4 km | 13.1 km |
| Jan 26, 2018, 6:48 PM | 2.0 | 5.1 km | 8.8 km |
| Feb 12, 2018, 4:09 AM | 2.5 | 9.1 km | 5.0 km |
| Apr 26, 2018, 1:49 PM | 3.1 | 9.8 km | 5.0 km |
| Jun 2, 2018, 12:46 AM | 3.0 | 6.6 km | 5.0 km |
| Jun 12, 2018, 5:13 PM | 2.0 | 3.4 km | 4.3 km |
| Sep 22, 2018, 5:57 AM | 2.5 | 7.6 km | 5.0 km |
| Sep 28, 2018, 7:03 PM | 2.8 | 4.4 km | 4.1 km |
| Sep 28, 2018, 11:37 PM | 2.3 | 6.2 km | 3.2 km |
| Dec 28, 2018, 7:40 AM | 2.1 | 7.7 km | 7.2 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.7 on Oct 20, 2023.
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. 1 of these report daily to TexNet: 829 bbl/d in Aug 2026.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Richter,h. E. #2 | J & D Logistics Inc | 000081322 | 4.9 km | 25,000 | 6,304–6,560 |
| Atascosa SWD #2 | Milestone Enviro Services, LLC | 000114007 | 6.2 km | 10,000 | 5,850–6,800 |
| Gerold SWD #1 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000107012 | 6.3 km | 25,000 | 5,650–6,650 |
| Atascosa SWD #3 | Milestone Enviro Services, LLC | 000124516 | 6.3 km | 10,000 | 5,850–6,800 |
| Nor-Tex SWD #1 | Crosstex Environmental STX, LLC | 000104952 | 6.7 km | 25,000 | 6,200–7,500 |
| Schumann et al Gas Unit 3 SWD #2 | XTO Engy Inc | 000104403 | 7 km | 10,000 | 6,030–6,550 |
| Burris SWD #1 | CWR Managment LLC | 000105599 | 7.2 km | 30,000 | 5,800–6,800 |
| YO Ranch SWD #1 | Evx Oper LLC | 000108295 | 8.9 km | 25,000 | 10,000–11,000 |
| FF Fashing SWD #1A | Evx Oper LLC | 000105713 | 9.3 km | 25,000 | 6,000–6,600 |
Disposal in Wilson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
TexNet catalog event us1000c1fk, 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/us1000c1fk, documented in the API reference.