EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · TX2021ORYZ
Magnitude 2.0 10 km SW of Lindsay, Texas
Wednesday, July 28, 2021, 8:25:42 PM Central · 2021-07-29 01:25:42 UTC
A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 10 km SW of Lindsay, Texas on July 28, 2021 at 8:25 PM Central, 3.6 km deep, in the Reeves County area.
It is one of 25 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.1.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.6 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC; together they hold 305,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.0
- ML, reviewed
- 3.6
- km deep · 11,767 ft
- 1
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 25
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 595
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.2916, -103.6093
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 2021, 10:03 AM | 2.0 | 1.6 km | 1.9 km |
| Jul 10, 2021, 4:03 PM | 2.0 | 6.9 km | 2.2 km |
| Aug 28, 2021, 5:52 AM | 2.0 | 6.9 km | 5.3 km |
| Jun 24, 2021, 10:45 AM | 2.3 | 1.3 km | 3.9 km |
| Jun 24, 2021, 7:35 AM | 2.8 | 0.8 km | 1.1 km |
| May 28, 2021, 8:55 PM | 2.1 | 6.9 km | 4.5 km |
| May 28, 2021, 2:45 AM | 2.2 | 6.5 km | 5.5 km |
| May 29, 2022, 10:36 AM | 2.5 | 7.8 km | 3.9 km |
| Jul 15, 2020, 7:10 AM | 2.6 | 1.5 km | 5.0 km |
| Dec 9, 2022, 3:29 PM | 2.2 | 5.1 km | 4.0 km |
| Dec 13, 2022, 1:14 PM | 2.3 | 3.2 km | 0.1 km |
| Oct 25, 2019, 8:35 AM | 3.0 | 7.9 km | 5.0 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.
Disposal in Reeves County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2021oryz 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.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/earthquakes/tx/events/tx2021oryz, documented in the API reference.