EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · US2000HIM3
Magnitude 2.5 21 km SW of Falls City, Texas
Saturday, September 22, 2018, 5:57:19 AM Central · 2018-09-22 10:57:19 UTC
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake 21 km SW of Falls City, Texas on September 22, 2018 at 5:57 AM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 114 M2+ events TexNet has 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 3.6 km away and operated by Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC; together they hold 105,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
1 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 829 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.5
- MB_LG, reviewed
- 5.0
- km deep · 16,405 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 114
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 7
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 247
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.8670, -98.1948
- County area
- Wilson County
- On a map
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Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 28, 2018, 7:03 PM | 2.8 | 6.1 km | 4.1 km |
| Sep 28, 2018, 11:37 PM | 2.3 | 9.9 km | 3.2 km |
| Jun 12, 2018, 5:13 PM | 2.0 | 6.4 km | 4.3 km |
| Jan 26, 2018, 6:48 PM | 2.0 | 4.3 km | 8.8 km |
| Jan 16, 2018, 6:30 AM | 2.9 | 6.1 km | 13.1 km |
| Jan 7, 2018, 2:56 AM | 3.1 | 2.8 km | 5.0 km |
| Jan 7, 2018, 12:33 AM | 2.0 | 7.2 km | 3.1 km |
| Jan 6, 2018, 9:37 AM | 3.6 | 7.6 km | 5.0 km |
| Jul 19, 2019, 3:07 AM | 2.0 | 9.3 km | 9.5 km |
| Aug 14, 2019, 7:35 PM | 2.1 | 9.9 km | 8.3 km |
| Nov 24, 2019, 5:38 PM | 2.0 | 5.5 km | 7.1 km |
| Dec 21, 2019, 2:13 AM | 2.6 | 2.8 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gerold SWD #1 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000107012 | 3.6 km | 25,000 | 5,650–6,650 |
| Richter,h. E. #2 | J & D Logistics Inc | 000081322 | 5.5 km | 25,000 | 6,304–6,560 |
| YO Ranch SWD #1 | Evx Operating LLC | 000108295 | 5.9 km | 25,000 | 10,000–11,000 |
| Holiday #1W | RBR Operating, Inc. | 000099902 | 7.8 km | — | 2,720–2,810 |
| Atascosa SWD #2 | Milestone Enviro Services, LLC | 000114007 | 8.2 km | 10,000 | 5,850–6,800 |
| Schumann et al Gas Unit 3 SWD #2 | XTO Energy Inc. | 000104403 | 8.2 km | 10,000 | 6,030–6,550 |
| Atascosa SWD #3 | Milestone Enviro Services, LLC | 000124516 | 8.3 km | 10,000 | 5,850–6,800 |
Disposal in Wilson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
TexNet catalog event us2000him3, as published by the UT Bureau of Economic Geology 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/us2000him3, documented in the API reference.