EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · US2000IW7C
Magnitude 3.2 14 km NE of Falls City, Texas
Friday, December 21, 2018, 11:32:47 PM Central · 2018-12-22 05:32:47 UTC
A magnitude 3.2 earthquake 14 km NE of Falls City, Texas on December 21, 2018 at 11:32 PM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 147 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 3 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.6.
4 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 5.2 km away and operated by 2 D Oil & Gas LLC; together they hold 76,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
5 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 43,416 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M3.2
- MB_LG, reviewed
- 5.0
- km deep · 16,405 ft
- 3
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 147
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 4
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 662
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 29.0573, -97.8935
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 21, 2018, 11:46 PM | 2.0 | 4.2 km | 8.0 km |
| Dec 22, 2018, 1:41 AM | 3.0 | 8.7 km | 5.0 km |
| Dec 21, 2018, 8:17 PM | 3.0 | 4.5 km | 6.8 km |
| Dec 22, 2018, 3:26 AM | 2.3 | 4.6 km | 7.1 km |
| Dec 22, 2018, 11:08 AM | 2.0 | 4.4 km | 7.4 km |
| Dec 20, 2018, 12:04 PM | 2.2 | 4.4 km | 7.2 km |
| Nov 22, 2018, 6:55 PM | 2.1 | 0.8 km | 8.3 km |
| Nov 5, 2018, 3:15 PM | 2.2 | 1 km | 6.6 km |
| Nov 3, 2018, 10:00 PM | 2.8 | 7.7 km | 5.0 km |
| Nov 3, 2018, 3:32 AM | 2.3 | 1.4 km | 6.9 km |
| Nov 2, 2018, 8:02 PM | 2.3 | 1.6 km | 6.6 km |
| Feb 16, 2019, 7:33 PM | 2.4 | 7.7 km | 5.0 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. 5 of these report daily to TexNet: 43.4K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skloss, Emil -SWD- #1 | 2 D Oil & Gas LLC | 000046064 | 5.2 km | 4,000 | 4,868–4,988 |
| J. P. Wright #1 | Evx Operating LLC | 000109247 | 8.6 km | 20,000 | 5,500–7,200 |
| Karnes SWD #2 | Estate of James L. Nelson | 000116819 | 8.9 km | 12,500 | 5,600–7,300 |
| Karnes SWD #1 | Crosstex Environmental STX, LLC | 000101718 | 9.5 km | 40,000 | 5,400–7,100 |
Disposal in Wilson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event us2000iw7c 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/us2000iw7c, documented in the API reference.