EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · US2000D0V4
Magnitude 2.5 12 km WSW of Karnes City, Texas
Monday, February 12, 2018, 4:09:47 AM Central · 2018-02-12 10:09:47 UTC
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake 12 km WSW of Karnes City, Texas on February 12, 2018 at 4:09 AM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 52 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.7.
5 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 5.3 km away and operated by Jaybird Operating, LLC; together they hold 83,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
1 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 12,460 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.5
- MB_LG, reviewed
- 5.0
- km deep · 16,405 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 52
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 5
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 752
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.8486, -98.0253
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 12, 2018, 6:33 AM | 2.2 | 9.2 km | 6.9 km |
| Jan 6, 2018, 9:37 AM | 3.6 | 9.1 km | 5.0 km |
| Apr 26, 2018, 1:49 PM | 3.1 | 8.2 km | 5.0 km |
| Jun 2, 2018, 12:46 AM | 3.0 | 9.7 km | 5.0 km |
| Sep 28, 2018, 11:37 PM | 2.3 | 9.6 km | 3.2 km |
| Dec 28, 2018, 7:40 AM | 2.1 | 8.1 km | 7.2 km |
| Feb 4, 2020, 9:01 AM | 2.2 | 6.5 km | 4.6 km |
| Feb 4, 2020, 9:07 AM | 2.1 | 5.7 km | 6.0 km |
| Aug 18, 2020, 8:55 AM | 2.6 | 9.7 km | 5.0 km |
| Aug 22, 2020, 8:51 AM | 2.4 | 9.9 km | 7.3 km |
| Aug 23, 2020, 9:28 AM | 2.1 | 8.9 km | 7.7 km |
| Dec 31, 2020, 12:36 PM | 2.1 | 9.3 km | 7.9 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: 12.5K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hysaw-Hobson #3A | Jaybird Operating, LLC | 000077612 | 5.3 km | 3,000 | 4,007–4,009 |
| Burris SWD #1 | CWR Management LLC | 000105599 | 5.4 km | 30,000 | 5,800–6,800 |
| Karnes City-Kaleb Brewer #1 | CWR Management LLC | 000104218 | 6.1 km | 20,000 | 6,387–7,850 |
| Maurer, Boone #2 | Rio-Tex, Inc. | 000092627 | 6.5 km | 5,000 | 4,281–5,006 |
| Nor-Tex SWD #1 | Crosstex Environmental STX, LLC | 000104952 | 8.4 km | 25,000 | 6,200–7,500 |
Disposal in Wilson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event us2000d0v4 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/us2000d0v4, documented in the API reference.