EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · US1000DUCB
Magnitude 2.7 21 km NNW of Runge, Texas
Sunday, April 29, 2018, 11:59:40 AM Central · 2018-04-29 16:59:40 UTC
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake 21 km NNW of Runge, Texas on April 29, 2018 at 11:59 AM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 112 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.6.
6 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.5 km away and operated by Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC; together they hold 147,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
5 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 51,974 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.7
- MB_LG, reviewed
- 5.0
- km deep · 16,405 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 112
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 6
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 890
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 29.0712, -97.7697
- County area
- Wilson County
- On a map
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- USGS event page ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 2018, 12:41 PM | 2.4 | 5.5 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 13, 2018, 3:35 AM | 2.6 | 9.9 km | 5.0 km |
| Mar 12, 2018, 9:16 AM | 2.0 | 8.6 km | 2.4 km |
| Mar 12, 2018, 4:44 AM | 2.7 | 8.6 km | 2.2 km |
| Feb 19, 2018, 4:16 PM | 2.6 | 5.5 km | 4.0 km |
| Aug 1, 2018, 9:23 AM | 2.1 | 7.1 km | 2.6 km |
| Aug 2, 2018, 3:20 PM | 2.6 | 3.6 km | 5.0 km |
| Aug 15, 2018, 11:20 PM | 2.1 | 9.8 km | 5.2 km |
| Aug 23, 2018, 11:27 PM | 2.0 | 9 km | 2.8 km |
| Jan 14, 2019, 6:38 PM | 2.6 | 9.4 km | 5.0 km |
| Feb 22, 2019, 10:22 AM | 2.7 | 9.8 km | 7.6 km |
| Mar 11, 2019, 3:16 AM | 2.0 | 8.6 km | 8.5 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. 5 of these report daily to TexNet: 52K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karnes SWD #1 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000104027 | 2.5 km | 25,000 | 5,400–7,100 |
| Karnes SWD #1 | Crosstex Environmental STX, LLC | 000101718 | 2.7 km | 40,000 | 5,400–7,100 |
| J. P. Wright #1 | Evx Operating LLC | 000109247 | 4.8 km | 20,000 | 5,500–7,200 |
| Gillett SWD #1 | Evx Operating LLC | 000105169 | 7.3 km | 20,000 | 8,950–11,950 |
| Kerlick #1 | Evx Operating LLC | 000104506 | 7.9 km | 17,500 | 5,695–5,710 |
| Henning #2 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000115129 | 8.8 km | 25,000 | 5,300–7,950 |
Disposal in Wilson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event us1000ducb 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/us1000ducb, documented in the API reference.