EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · TX2021FPFA
Magnitude 2.1 17 km S of Lindsay, Texas
Sunday, March 21, 2021, 6:15:52 AM Central · 2021-03-21 11:15:52 UTC
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 17 km S of Lindsay, Texas on March 21, 2021 at 6:15 AM Central, 3.6 km deep, in the Reeves County area.
It is one of 35 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.1.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC; together they hold 279,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
4 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 9,671 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.1
- ML, reviewed
- 3.6
- km deep · 11,852 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 35
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 593
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.2128, -103.5383
- County area
- Reeves County
- On a map
- Google Maps ↗
- Catalog
- USGS event page ↗ · TexNet catalog ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 2021, 2:45 AM | 2.2 | 4.6 km | 5.5 km |
| May 28, 2021, 8:55 PM | 2.1 | 5.4 km | 4.5 km |
| Jul 10, 2021, 4:03 PM | 2.0 | 5 km | 2.2 km |
| Nov 2, 2020, 7:41 PM | 3.0 | 7 km | 5.0 km |
| Aug 28, 2021, 5:52 AM | 2.0 | 6.9 km | 5.3 km |
| Nov 24, 2021, 11:37 PM | 2.1 | 6.7 km | 3.3 km |
| Nov 24, 2021, 11:39 PM | 2.2 | 5.9 km | 2.1 km |
| Dec 8, 2021, 11:12 AM | 2.2 | 0.3 km | 3.7 km |
| May 29, 2022, 10:36 AM | 2.5 | 3.7 km | 3.9 km |
| Oct 25, 2019, 8:35 AM | 3.0 | 5.1 km | 5.0 km |
| Oct 20, 2019, 10:39 AM | 2.5 | 9.1 km | 5.0 km |
| Aug 29, 2022, 5:51 AM | 2.0 | 1.5 km | 4.9 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.1 on Jan 2, 2018.
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. 4 of these report daily to TexNet: 9.67K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
Disposal in Reeves County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2021fpfa from the USGS earthquake catalog, located by TexNet (UT Bureau of Economic Geology) and refreshed daily. Nearby wells from the RRC UIC well master and permit coordinates; daily volumes from the TexNet injection reporting tool.
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