EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · US2000I6KN
Magnitude 2.8 11 km E of Falls City, Texas
Saturday, November 3, 2018, 10:00:08 PM Central · 2018-11-04 03:00:08 UTC
A magnitude 2.8 earthquake 11 km E of Falls City, Texas on November 3, 2018 at 10:00 PM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 162 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.6.
3 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.1 km away and operated by Estate of James L. Nelson; together they hold 62,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
4 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 53,372 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.8
- MB_LG, reviewed
- 5.0
- km deep · 16,405 ft
- 2
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 162
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 3
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 910
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 28.9886, -97.9030
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 3, 2018, 3:32 AM | 2.3 | 7.5 km | 6.9 km |
| Nov 2, 2018, 8:02 PM | 2.3 | 6.7 km | 6.6 km |
| Nov 5, 2018, 3:15 PM | 2.2 | 7 km | 6.6 km |
| Nov 22, 2018, 6:55 PM | 2.1 | 7.5 km | 8.3 km |
| Dec 20, 2018, 12:04 PM | 2.2 | 4.3 km | 7.2 km |
| Dec 21, 2018, 8:17 PM | 3.0 | 4.4 km | 6.8 km |
| Dec 21, 2018, 11:32 PM | 3.2 | 7.7 km | 5.0 km |
| Dec 21, 2018, 11:46 PM | 2.0 | 4.1 km | 8.0 km |
| Dec 22, 2018, 1:41 AM | 3.0 | 9.2 km | 5.0 km |
| Dec 22, 2018, 3:26 AM | 2.3 | 4.6 km | 7.1 km |
| Dec 22, 2018, 11:08 AM | 2.0 | 4.3 km | 7.4 km |
| Jul 25, 2018, 12:58 AM | 2.3 | 3.6 km | 7.3 km |
Largest nearby on record: M4.6 on Jan 30, 2025.
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. 4 of these report daily to TexNet: 53.4K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karnes SWD #2 | Estate of James L. Nelson | 000116819 | 2.1 km | 12,500 | 5,600–7,300 |
| Helena SWD #1 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000104980 | 6.2 km | 25,000 | 6,840–7,650 |
| Falls City SWD #1 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000102146 | 9.2 km | 25,000 | 6,500–7,500 |
Disposal in Wilson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event us2000i6kn 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/us2000i6kn, documented in the API reference.