EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · US1000C2RI
Magnitude 2.8 12 km NE of Falls City, Texas
Tuesday, January 9, 2018, 2:14:03 PM Central · 2018-01-09 20:14:03 UTC
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake 12 km NE of Falls City, Texas on January 9, 2018 at 2:14 PM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 155 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.6.
3 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 4.6 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.
- M2.8
- MB_LG, reviewed
- 5.0
- km deep · 16,405 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 155
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 3
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 633
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 29.0495, -97.9087
- 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.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 10, 2018, 3:11 AM | 2.1 | 9.5 km | 3.8 km |
| Jan 2, 2018, 9:45 PM | 2.0 | 3.1 km | 4.7 km |
| Feb 12, 2018, 6:31 AM | 2.0 | 1.7 km | 8.3 km |
| Feb 12, 2018, 8:24 AM | 3.1 | 4.7 km | 5.0 km |
| Feb 15, 2018, 10:18 PM | 2.0 | 1.7 km | 7.0 km |
| Feb 18, 2018, 6:39 PM | 2.5 | 6 km | 7.1 km |
| Feb 19, 2018, 4:04 PM | 3.0 | 9.2 km | 5.0 km |
| Jun 11, 2018, 3:04 PM | 2.3 | 1.5 km | 5.9 km |
| Jun 11, 2018, 3:27 PM | 2.3 | 4.2 km | 6.6 km |
| Jun 13, 2018, 10:18 AM | 2.5 | 7.9 km | 2.8 km |
| Jun 13, 2018, 11:02 AM | 2.1 | 8.8 km | 1.8 km |
| Jun 26, 2018, 12:57 PM | 2.2 | 3.3 km | 6.6 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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skloss, Emil -SWD- #1 | 2 D Oil & Gas LLC | 000046064 | 4.6 km | 4,000 | 4,868–4,988 |
| Karnes SWD #2 | Estate of James L. Nelson | 000116819 | 7.6 km | 12,500 | 5,600–7,300 |
| J. P. Wright #1 | Evx Operating LLC | 000109247 | 10 km | 20,000 | 5,500–7,200 |
Disposal in Wilson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event us1000c2ri 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/us1000c2ri, documented in the API reference.