EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · US2000BNAV

Magnitude 2.8 3 km W of Falls City, Texas

Tuesday, November 14, 2017, 9:24:12 AM Central · 2017-11-14 15:24:12 UTC

A magnitude 2.8 earthquake 3 km W of Falls City, Texas on November 14, 2017 at 9:24 AM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Wilson County area.

It is one of 176 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.5.

4 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 4.3 km away and operated by Britanco, L.L.C.; together they hold 19,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.8
MB_LG, reviewed
5.0
km deep · 16,405 ft
0
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
176
M2+ within 10 km, all time
4
active injection wells within 10 km
409
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
28.9834, -98.0504
County area
Wilson County
On a map
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Catalog
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Around it in time and space

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

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Feb 12, 2018, 6:33 AM2.28.8 km6.9 km
Apr 26, 2018, 1:49 PM3.17.3 km5.0 km
Apr 30, 2018, 7:23 PM2.55.1 km2.7 km
May 1, 2018, 11:28 AM4.06.2 km5.0 km
Dec 22, 2018, 1:41 AM3.09.1 km5.0 km
Feb 16, 2019, 8:52 PM2.75.9 km6.9 km
Feb 17, 2019, 2:20 AM2.27.1 km7.4 km
Feb 17, 2019, 4:15 AM2.05.9 km7.1 km
Feb 17, 2019, 5:44 AM2.45.9 km6.9 km
Jun 15, 2019, 8:05 PM2.96.1 km5.0 km
Jun 15, 2019, 8:07 PM3.67.6 km5.0 km
Jul 2, 2019, 2:51 AM2.45.1 km5.0 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.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Falls City Unit #135Britanco, L.L.C.0000016114.3 km5,0005,530–5,658
Olinick, Jerome #151Britanco, L.L.C.0000016145.7 km6,0001,600–1,675
Maurer, Boone #2Rio-Tex, Inc.0000926279 km5,0004,281–5,006
Hysaw-Hobson #3AJaybird Operating, LLC0000776129.9 km3,0004,007–4,009

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

About this data

Event us2000bnav 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/us2000bnav, documented in the API reference.