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EARTHQUAKES · WARD AREA · TX2022MOWD

Magnitude 2.3 3 km NNW of Lindsay, Texas

Tuesday, June 28, 2022, 4:31:18 PM Central · 2022-06-28 21:31:18 UTC

A magnitude 2.3 earthquake 3 km NNW of Lindsay, Texas on June 28, 2022 at 4:31 PM Central, 5.5 km deep, in the Ward County area.

It is one of 60 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.0.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.4 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC; together they hold 327,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.3
ML, reviewed
5.5
km deep · 18,178 ft
2
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
60
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
711
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
31.3964, -103.5525
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.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Jun 25, 2022, 12:05 PM3.02.6 km7.9 km
Jun 25, 2022, 5:35 AM2.11.7 km7.3 km
Jul 2, 2022, 2:23 PM2.29.2 km5.2 km
Aug 10, 2022, 11:37 AM2.27.2 km3.3 km
Sep 18, 2022, 3:36 PM2.35.4 km1.4 km
Apr 7, 2022, 6:50 AM2.00.4 km4.0 km
Oct 7, 2022, 1:09 PM2.34.6 km3.8 km
Nov 4, 2022, 9:32 PM2.14.5 km1.7 km
Feb 18, 2022, 2:44 AM2.37.4 km4.4 km
Nov 20, 2022, 10:21 PM2.37.1 km2.5 km
Dec 5, 2022, 8:33 PM2.05.4 km1.9 km
Dec 9, 2022, 3:29 PM2.29.4 km4.0 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.0 on Jun 25, 2022.

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.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Sham SWD #2SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001095622.4 km25,0004,530–7,640
Preakness SWD #2Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001059462.6 km40,0004,500–7,500
Pecos SWD #1Energy Transfer Company0001042153.7 km25,0004,500–7,500
Sbhes Pecos #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001159153.8 km25,0006,250–7,510
Reeves -43- #1Reeves County SWD, LLC0000944534.2 km12,0004,339–5,510
El Diablo SWD #1Daco Operating, LLC0001083034.7 km25,0004,000–7,000
Orb SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001065695.1 km25,0004,500–7,100
Mendoza SWD #2Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001086955.4 km25,0004,000–7,000
Boreas #1DWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001158945.7 km30,0004,350–7,400
Goose SWD #1Layne SWD, LLC0001175536.1 km20,0004,350–5,300
Tarpon #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001160756.2 km15,0004,500–6,000
Beaver SWD #1Layne SWD, LLC0001175546.4 km20,0005,300–7,800
Abram SWD #1Terrain Water Solutions, LLC0001211906.9 km20,0004,600–7,600
Cole Younger State 30-23 Unit B #7INoble Energy Inc0001260956.9 km10,0008,824–10,575
Cole Younger State 30-23 Unit B #9INoble Energy Inc0001260977.2 km10,0008,758–10,576

Disposal in Ward County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →

About this data

Event tx2022mowd 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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