EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · US2000IW8D
Magnitude 3.0 7 km NNE of Falls City, Texas
Saturday, December 22, 2018, 1:41:52 AM Central · 2018-12-22 07:41:52 UTC
A magnitude 3.0 earthquake 7 km NNE of Falls City, Texas on December 22, 2018 at 1:41 AM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 173 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 5 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.9.
4 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3.5 km away and operated by Britanco, L.L.C.; together they hold 27,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
1 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 3,894 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M3.0
- MB_LG, reviewed
- 5.0
- km deep · 16,405 ft
- 5
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 173
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 4
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 359
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 29.0370, -97.9797
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 22, 2018, 3:26 AM | 2.3 | 5.6 km | 7.1 km |
| Dec 21, 2018, 11:46 PM | 2.0 | 6.6 km | 8.0 km |
| Dec 21, 2018, 11:32 PM | 3.2 | 8.7 km | 5.0 km |
| Dec 21, 2018, 8:17 PM | 3.0 | 5.8 km | 6.8 km |
| Dec 22, 2018, 11:08 AM | 2.0 | 6.1 km | 7.4 km |
| Dec 20, 2018, 12:04 PM | 2.2 | 6.1 km | 7.2 km |
| Nov 22, 2018, 6:55 PM | 2.1 | 9.3 km | 8.3 km |
| Nov 5, 2018, 3:15 PM | 2.2 | 9.1 km | 6.6 km |
| Nov 3, 2018, 10:00 PM | 2.8 | 9.2 km | 5.0 km |
| Nov 3, 2018, 3:32 AM | 2.3 | 9.9 km | 6.9 km |
| Nov 2, 2018, 8:02 PM | 2.3 | 9.5 km | 6.6 km |
| Feb 16, 2019, 7:33 PM | 2.4 | 1.4 km | 5.0 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.9 on Feb 22, 2024.
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: 3.89K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Olinick, Jerome #151 | Britanco, L.L.C. | 000001614 | 3.5 km | 6,000 | 1,600–1,675 |
| Falls City Unit #135 | Britanco, L.L.C. | 000001611 | 4.8 km | 5,000 | 5,530–5,658 |
| Skloss, Emil -SWD- #1 | 2 D Oil & Gas LLC | 000046064 | 6.1 km | 4,000 | 4,868–4,988 |
| Karnes SWD #2 | Estate of James L. Nelson | 000116819 | 8.3 km | 12,500 | 5,600–7,300 |
Disposal in Wilson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event us2000iw8d 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/us2000iw8d, documented in the API reference.