EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · US2000JJCZ
Magnitude 2.4 8 km NNE of Falls City, Texas
Saturday, February 16, 2019, 7:33:34 PM Central · 2019-02-17 01:33:34 UTC
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake 8 km NNE of Falls City, Texas on February 16, 2019 at 7:33 PM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 148 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.9.
4 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 4.6 km away and operated by 2 D Oil & Gas LLC; together they hold 27,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
1 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 4,395 barrels a day in September 2026.
- M2.4
- MB_LG, reviewed
- 5.0
- km deep · 16,405 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 148
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 4
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 376
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 29.0480, -97.9718
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2019, 8:52 PM | 2.7 | 7.9 km | 6.9 km |
| Feb 17, 2019, 2:20 AM | 2.2 | 6.6 km | 7.4 km |
| Feb 17, 2019, 4:15 AM | 2.0 | 8.7 km | 7.1 km |
| Feb 17, 2019, 5:44 AM | 2.4 | 7.8 km | 6.9 km |
| Mar 12, 2019, 9:36 PM | 2.1 | 6.5 km | 6.8 km |
| Mar 16, 2019, 4:07 PM | 2.1 | 8 km | 7.2 km |
| Mar 17, 2019, 2:54 AM | 2.1 | 7.7 km | 7.4 km |
| Mar 17, 2019, 3:47 AM | 2.3 | 7.3 km | 6.6 km |
| Mar 18, 2019, 7:49 AM | 2.2 | 7.4 km | 7.1 km |
| Mar 20, 2019, 12:40 PM | 2.0 | 6.5 km | 6.9 km |
| Mar 21, 2019, 1:23 PM | 2.5 | 7.2 km | 7.0 km |
| Mar 23, 2019, 5:28 AM | 2.9 | 5.7 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: 4.4K bbl/d in Sep 2026.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Skloss, Emil -SWD- #1 | 2 D Oil & Gas LLC | 000046064 | 4.6 km | 4,000 | 4,868–4,988 |
| Olinick, Jerome #151 | Britanco, L.L.C. | 000001614 | 5 km | 6,000 | 1,600–1,675 |
| Falls City Unit #135 | Britanco, L.L.C. | 000001611 | 6.2 km | 5,000 | 5,530–5,658 |
| Karnes SWD #2 | Estate of James L. Nelson | 000116819 | 8.8 km | 12,500 | 5,600–7,300 |
Disposal in Wilson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event us2000jjcz 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/us2000jjcz, documented in the API reference.