EARTHQUAKES · WILSON AREA · US60007D82
Magnitude 2.6 19 km ENE of Falls City, Texas
Wednesday, January 22, 2020, 3:23:39 PM Central · 2020-01-22 21:23:39 UTC
A magnitude 2.6 earthquake 19 km ENE of Falls City, Texas on January 22, 2020 at 3:23 PM Central, 6.9 km deep, in the Wilson County area.
It is one of 142 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M4.6.
6 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 5.4 km away and operated by Crosstex Environmental STX, LLC; together they hold 134,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
5 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 51,974 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.6
- MB_LG, reviewed
- 6.9
- km deep · 22,540 ft
- 2
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 142
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 6
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 696
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 29.0723, -97.8510
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 26, 2020, 2:22 PM | 2.0 | 7.3 km | 7.8 km |
| Dec 30, 2019, 12:58 PM | 2.0 | 1.9 km | 8.1 km |
| Dec 28, 2019, 6:41 AM | 2.5 | 1.6 km | 7.6 km |
| Feb 22, 2020, 9:24 AM | 2.0 | 7.7 km | 7.1 km |
| Apr 18, 2020, 8:33 AM | 3.1 | 2.8 km | 5.0 km |
| Apr 20, 2020, 3:21 AM | 2.0 | 1.8 km | 6.6 km |
| May 8, 2020, 7:54 PM | 2.3 | 6.1 km | 7.5 km |
| Oct 2, 2019, 11:11 AM | 2.0 | 5.2 km | 7.3 km |
| Aug 21, 2019, 9:12 AM | 2.1 | 5.2 km | 8.3 km |
| Sep 16, 2020, 1:04 AM | 2.5 | 1 km | 6.3 km |
| May 10, 2019, 2:17 PM | 2.1 | 6.6 km | 7.1 km |
| May 10, 2019, 2:01 PM | 2.6 | 7.7 km | 7.4 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: 52K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Karnes SWD #1 | Crosstex Environmental STX, LLC | 000101718 | 5.4 km | 40,000 | 5,400–7,100 |
| J. P. Wright #1 | Evx Operating LLC | 000109247 | 5.5 km | 20,000 | 5,500–7,200 |
| Karnes SWD #1 | Pilot Water Solutions SWD LLC | 000104027 | 6.2 km | 25,000 | 5,400–7,100 |
| Brooks #1 | Evx Operating LLC | 000113472 | 8.6 km | 25,000 | 8,200–9,100 |
| Gillett SWD #1 | Evx Operating LLC | 000105169 | 8.8 km | 20,000 | 8,950–11,950 |
| Skloss, Emil -SWD- #1 | 2 D Oil & Gas LLC | 000046064 | 8.8 km | 4,000 | 4,868–4,988 |
Disposal in Wilson County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event us60007d82 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/us60007d82, documented in the API reference.