EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · US2000FTE5
Magnitude 2.9 4 km NNE of Karnes City, Texas
Sunday, July 1, 2018, 7:17:24 PM Central · 2018-07-02 00:17:24 UTC
A magnitude 2.9 earthquake 4 km NNE of Karnes City, Texas on July 1, 2018 at 7:17 PM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 26 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.6.
7 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 4.7 km away and operated by Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC; together they hold 172,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
3 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 33,865 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.9
- MB_LG, reviewed
- 5.0
- km deep · 16,405 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 26
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 7
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 973
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.9254, -97.8897
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2018, 10:00 PM | 2.8 | 7.1 km | 5.0 km |
| Feb 19, 2018, 4:04 PM | 3.0 | 7 km | 5.0 km |
| Feb 12, 2018, 8:24 AM | 3.1 | 9.5 km | 5.0 km |
| Feb 12, 2018, 6:33 AM | 2.2 | 9.7 km | 6.9 km |
| Mar 16, 2019, 3:55 PM | 2.8 | 8.9 km | 7.4 km |
| May 4, 2019, 8:42 AM | 2.2 | 10 km | 7.1 km |
| Jun 15, 2019, 8:07 PM | 3.6 | 9.5 km | 5.0 km |
| Feb 23, 2017, 8:26 AM | 2.0 | 8.2 km | 3.2 km |
| Feb 6, 2017, 4:23 AM | 2.0 | 4.3 km | 3.0 km |
| Dec 21, 2019, 2:52 AM | 2.1 | 9.8 km | 7.5 km |
| Dec 28, 2019, 10:59 AM | 2.3 | 9.5 km | 7.8 km |
| Jan 7, 2020, 4:46 PM | 2.9 | 6.4 km | 5.0 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.6 on Jun 16, 2019.
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: 33.9K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Falls City SWD #1 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000102146 | 4.7 km | 25,000 | 6,500–7,500 |
| Highroller Karnes SWD A #1 | Crosstex Environmental STX, LLC | 000104710 | 6.3 km | 30,000 | 6,535–8,225 |
| Helena SWD #1 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000104980 | 6.8 km | 25,000 | 6,840–7,650 |
| Karnes City a SWD #1 | Crosstex Environmental STX, LLC | 000104350 | 6.9 km | 25,000 | 6,490–8,000 |
| Karnes SWD #2 | Estate of James L. Nelson | 000116819 | 7.1 km | 12,500 | 5,600–7,300 |
| Blue SWD #1 | Crosstex Environmental STX, LLC | 000118971 | 7.1 km | 35,000 | 6,500–8,500 |
| Karnes City-Kaleb Brewer #1 | CWR Management LLC | 000104218 | 9.7 km | 20,000 | 6,387–7,850 |
Disposal in Wilson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event us2000fte5 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/us2000fte5, documented in the API reference.