EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · TX2021YAIP

Magnitude 2.2 17 km S of Lindsay, Texas

Wednesday, December 8, 2021, 11:12:20 AM Central · 2021-12-08 17:12:20 UTC

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake 17 km S of Lindsay, Texas on December 8, 2021 at 11:12 AM Central, 3.7 km deep, in the Reeves County area.

It is one of 35 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 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 3.2 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.

M2.2
ML, reviewed
3.7
km deep · 12,105 ft
2
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
35
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
588
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
31.2154, -103.5364
County area
Reeves County
On a map
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Catalog
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Around it in time and space

M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Nov 24, 2021, 11:39 PM2.26 km2.1 km
Nov 24, 2021, 11:37 PM2.16.7 km3.3 km
Aug 28, 2021, 5:52 AM2.06.6 km5.3 km
Jul 10, 2021, 4:03 PM2.04.7 km2.2 km
May 29, 2022, 10:36 AM2.53.5 km3.9 km
May 28, 2021, 8:55 PM2.15.2 km4.5 km
May 28, 2021, 2:45 AM2.24.5 km5.5 km
Mar 21, 2021, 6:15 AM2.10.3 km3.6 km
Aug 29, 2022, 5:51 AM2.01.8 km4.9 km
Nov 2, 2020, 7:41 PM3.06.6 km5.0 km
Mar 7, 2023, 1:25 AM2.07.8 km-0.7 km
Jun 19, 2023, 5:46 AM2.15.6 km0.5 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.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Cotton Gin SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001069133.2 km20,0004,500–6,500
Rifleman #2DNoble Energy Inc0001170003.4 km10,0004,820–6,960
Rifleman #1DNoble Energy Inc0001169993.9 km10,0004,825–7,050
Barracuda SWD #1CR Field Services, LLC0001179314.5 km19,0004,946–7,400
Longhorn SWD #1Tejas Permian Operating, LLC0001044554.8 km20,0004,500–6,500
Man O' War SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001148005.3 km30,0005,050–6,400
Columbus 197 #1DNoble Energy Inc0001050325.4 km15,0004,950–6,150
Williams Block 52 #1DNoble Energy Inc0001110115.9 km20,0005,100–6,250
Grindstone #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001058586.3 km15,0005,325–5,725
South Farm SWD #1Layne SWD, LLC0001051767 km25,0004,900–6,100
Cantaloupe King SWD #1Layne SWD, LLC0001183427.2 km20,0004,708–7,800
Wolfbone #1SDCR Field Services, LLC0001016257.3 km25,0005,000–7,000
Campbell SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001139537.6 km10,0004,751–6,007
Golding SWD #1CR Field Services, LLC0001057097.9 km25,0005,100–6,500
Sinclair Collier #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001010477.9 km15,0005,675–6,280

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About this data

Event tx2021yaip 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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