EARTHQUAKES · WARD AREA · TX2022JBSC

Magnitude 2.5 western Texas

Monday, May 9, 2022, 7:05:48 PM Central · 2022-05-10 00:05:48 UTC

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake western Texas on May 9, 2022 at 7:05 PM Central, 5.4 km deep, in the Ward County area.

It is one of 54 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.2.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.5 km away and operated by Noble Energy Inc; together they hold 275,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

8 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 17,615 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.5: ML, reviewed
5.4: km deep · 17,840 ft
0: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
54: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
603: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 31.3154, -103.3927
County area: Ward 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 10, 2022, 4:28 PM	2.4	7.1 km	4.8 km
Sep 14, 2022, 7:35 PM	2.2	7.3 km	4.6 km
Dec 1, 2021, 10:50 PM	2.0	2.5 km	4.6 km
Oct 25, 2022, 10:26 PM	2.1	2.5 km	6.0 km
Oct 26, 2021, 6:12 PM	2.1	4.3 km	1.4 km
Oct 22, 2021, 11:01 PM	2.0	8.6 km	3.7 km
Dec 18, 2022, 1:41 PM	2.3	10 km	5.5 km
Dec 19, 2022, 12:36 PM	2.0	2 km	-0.8 km
Jan 17, 2023, 12:01 PM	2.0	1.3 km	5.0 km
Jun 29, 2021, 3:07 PM	2.3	3.6 km	2.9 km
Apr 1, 2023, 2:32 AM	2.3	2 km	4.4 km
Apr 15, 2023, 5:14 AM	2.0	4.5 km	3.1 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.2 on Sep 14, 2020.

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. 8 of these report daily to TexNet: 17.6K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
King Fisher SWD SE #2	Noble Energy Inc	000115779	2.5 km	20,000	5,000–6,962
King Fisher SWD NE #1	Noble Energy Inc	000115781	2.6 km	20,000	5,000–6,962
Fishing & Pleasure SWD #1	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000105442	2.7 km	20,000	4,700–6,500
Fishing & Pleasure SWD #2	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000108800	3.2 km	20,000	4,700–6,500
Deep Six SWD #1	Select Water Solutions, LLC	000105026	3.5 km	25,000	4,000–7,000
Ranger 16 SWD #1	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000108358	3.7 km	20,000	5,000–6,700
Deep Six #2R	Select Water Solutions, LLC	000110321	3.7 km	25,000	4,000–7,000
Toyah 4-9 Pilot Unit #14NH	Permian Resources Operating, LLC	000125649	3.9 km	10,000	9,887–10,727
Toyah 4-9 Pilot Unit #83NI	Permian Resources Operating, LLC	000125652	4 km	10,000	9,887–10,727
Fishing & Pleasure SWD #3	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000109948	4.2 km	20,000	4,800–6,500
Deep Six SWD #3	Select Water Solutions, LLC	000111157	4.3 km	25,000	4,000–7,000
Phar Lap SWD #1	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000116838	4.3 km	30,000	5,000–6,700
Toyah 4-9 Pilot Unit #82NI	Permian Resources Operating, LLC	000125651	4.4 km	10,000	9,887–10,727
Toyah 4-9 Pilot Unit #12NH	Permian Resources Operating, LLC	000125648	4.5 km	10,000	9,887–10,727
Toyah 4-9 Pilot Unit #11NI	Permian Resources Operating, LLC	000125647	4.8 km	10,000	9,887–10,727

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About this data

Event tx2022jbsc 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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