EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · US60004195

Magnitude 3.6 5 km SE of Falls City, Texas

Saturday, June 15, 2019, 8:07:18 PM Central · 2019-06-16 01:07:18 UTC

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake 5 km SE of Falls City, Texas on June 15, 2019 at 8:07 PM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Wilson County area.

It is one of 173 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.5.

7 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 5.8 km away and operated by Rio-Tex, Inc.; together they hold 76,500 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

2 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 16,354 barrels a day in August 2026.

M3.6
MB_LG, reviewed
5.0
km deep · 16,405 ft
1
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
173
M2+ within 10 km, all time
7
active injection wells within 10 km
711
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
28.9484, -97.9834
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.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Jun 15, 2019, 8:05 PM2.91.8 km5.0 km
Jul 2, 2019, 2:51 AM2.42.6 km5.0 km
Aug 9, 2019, 10:13 AM2.22.2 km7.0 km
Aug 9, 2019, 11:04 PM2.12.2 km7.2 km
Aug 23, 2019, 1:53 PM2.12.4 km7.2 km
Feb 17, 2019, 5:44 AM2.43.6 km6.9 km
Feb 17, 2019, 4:15 AM2.02.7 km7.1 km
Feb 17, 2019, 2:20 AM2.24.5 km7.4 km
Feb 16, 2019, 8:52 PM2.73.5 km6.9 km
Nov 21, 2019, 2:19 AM2.32.4 km7.5 km
Dec 22, 2018, 1:41 AM3.09.9 km5.0 km
Dec 20, 2019, 2:41 AM2.49.1 km4.6 km

Largest nearby on record: M4.5 on Feb 17, 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. 2 of these report daily to TexNet: 16.4K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Maurer, Boone #2Rio-Tex, Inc.0000926275.8 km5,0004,281–5,006
Falls City SWD #1Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC0001021466.3 km25,0006,500–7,500
Karnes SWD #2Estate of James L. Nelson0001168197 km12,5005,600–7,300
Hysaw-Hobson #3AJaybird Operating, LLC0000776127.1 km3,0004,007–4,009
Falls City Unit #135Britanco, L.L.C.0000016117.3 km5,0005,530–5,658
Olinick, Jerome #151Britanco, L.L.C.0000016147.4 km6,0001,600–1,675
Karnes City-Kaleb Brewer #1Goodnight Midstream Permian, LLC0001042187.9 km20,0006,387–7,850

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About this data

Event us60004195 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/us60004195, documented in the API reference.