EARTHQUAKES · WARD AREA · TX2022KLPJ
Magnitude 2.5 13 km S of Lindsay, Texas
Sunday, May 29, 2022, 10:36:53 AM Central · 2022-05-29 15:36:53 UTC
A magnitude 2.5 earthquake 13 km S of Lindsay, Texas on May 29, 2022 at 10:36 AM Central, 3.9 km deep, in the Ward County area.
It is one of 38 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 1.6 km away and operated by Noble Energy Inc; together they hold 284,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.5
- ML, reviewed
- 3.9
- km deep · 12,948 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 38
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 626
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.2452, -103.5476
- County area
- Ward County
- On a map
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- 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 29, 2022, 5:51 AM | 2.0 | 4.9 km | 4.9 km |
| Dec 8, 2021, 11:12 AM | 2.2 | 3.5 km | 3.7 km |
| Nov 24, 2021, 11:39 PM | 2.2 | 9.2 km | 2.1 km |
| Nov 24, 2021, 11:37 PM | 2.1 | 9.5 km | 3.3 km |
| Dec 13, 2022, 1:14 PM | 2.3 | 9.4 km | 0.1 km |
| Aug 28, 2021, 5:52 AM | 2.0 | 3.4 km | 5.3 km |
| Aug 9, 2021, 10:03 AM | 2.0 | 9.1 km | 1.9 km |
| Jul 28, 2021, 8:25 PM | 2.0 | 7.8 km | 3.6 km |
| Jul 10, 2021, 4:03 PM | 2.0 | 1.3 km | 2.2 km |
| Jun 24, 2021, 10:45 AM | 2.3 | 7.7 km | 3.9 km |
| Jun 24, 2021, 7:35 AM | 2.8 | 7.8 km | 1.1 km |
| May 28, 2021, 8:55 PM | 2.1 | 1.8 km | 4.5 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.
Disposal in Ward County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2022klpj 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/tx2022klpj, documented in the API reference.