EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · US2000CJXF
Magnitude 2.9 21 km SW of Falls City, Texas
Tuesday, January 16, 2018, 6:30:18 AM Central · 2018-01-16 12:30:18 UTC
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake 21 km SW of Falls City, Texas on January 16, 2018 at 6:30 AM Central, 13.1 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 77 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 3 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.6.
8 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1 km away and operated by J & D Logistics Inc; together they hold 155,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
1 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 829 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.9
- MB_LG, reviewed
- 13.1
- km deep · 43,047 ft
- 3
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 77
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 8
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 429
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.8275, -98.1512
- 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 7, 2018, 2:56 AM | 3.1 | 8.8 km | 5.0 km |
| Jan 7, 2018, 12:33 AM | 2.0 | 9.2 km | 3.1 km |
| Jan 6, 2018, 9:37 AM | 3.6 | 4 km | 5.0 km |
| Jan 26, 2018, 6:48 PM | 2.0 | 6.2 km | 8.8 km |
| Jun 2, 2018, 12:46 AM | 3.0 | 6.2 km | 5.0 km |
| Jun 12, 2018, 5:13 PM | 2.0 | 6.1 km | 4.3 km |
| Sep 22, 2018, 5:57 AM | 2.5 | 6.1 km | 5.0 km |
| Sep 28, 2018, 7:03 PM | 2.8 | 6.7 km | 4.1 km |
| Sep 28, 2018, 11:37 PM | 2.3 | 9.7 km | 3.2 km |
| Dec 28, 2018, 7:40 AM | 2.1 | 8.3 km | 7.2 km |
| Nov 24, 2019, 5:38 PM | 2.0 | 5.8 km | 7.1 km |
| Dec 21, 2019, 2:13 AM | 2.6 | 3.6 km | 5.1 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.6 on Sep 1, 2026.
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 | 1 km | 25,000 | 6,304–6,560 |
| Atascosa SWD #2 | Milestone Enviro Services, LLC | 000114007 | 2.7 km | 10,000 | 5,850–6,800 |
| Atascosa SWD #3 | Milestone Enviro Services, LLC | 000124516 | 2.9 km | 10,000 | 5,850–6,800 |
| Gerold SWD #1 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000107012 | 3.2 km | 25,000 | 5,650–6,650 |
| Schumann et al Gas Unit 3 SWD #2 | XTO Energy Inc. | 000104403 | 3.3 km | 10,000 | 6,030–6,550 |
| FF Fashing SWD #1A | Evx Operating LLC | 000105713 | 6.5 km | 25,000 | 6,000–6,600 |
| Nor-Tex SWD #1 | Crosstex Environmental STX, LLC | 000104952 | 7.1 km | 25,000 | 6,200–7,500 |
| YO Ranch SWD #1 | Evx Operating LLC | 000108295 | 10 km | 25,000 | 10,000–11,000 |
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About this data
Event us2000cjxf 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/us2000cjxf, documented in the API reference.