EARTHQUAKES · WARD AREA · TX2022SBPM

Magnitude 2.2 21 km SE of Lindsay, Texas

Wednesday, September 14, 2022, 7:35:45 PM Central · 2022-09-15 00:35:45 UTC

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake 21 km SE of Lindsay, Texas on September 14, 2022 at 7:35 PM Central, 4.6 km deep, in the Ward County area.

It is one of 71 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.3.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.7 km away and operated by Permian Resources Operating, LLC; together they hold 310,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

11 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 31,378 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.2: ML, reviewed
4.6: km deep · 15,141 ft
0: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
71: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
563: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 31.2584, -103.3552
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
Oct 25, 2022, 10:26 PM	2.1	8.6 km	6.0 km
Oct 28, 2022, 11:03 PM	2.5	7.7 km	7.4 km
Dec 19, 2022, 12:36 PM	2.0	8.7 km	-0.8 km
Jan 17, 2023, 12:01 PM	2.0	8.3 km	5.0 km
May 9, 2022, 7:05 PM	2.5	7.3 km	5.4 km
Apr 1, 2023, 2:32 AM	2.3	8.7 km	4.4 km
Apr 15, 2023, 5:14 AM	2.0	4.2 km	3.1 km
Apr 16, 2023, 7:46 AM	2.5	7.8 km	4.7 km
Jan 19, 2022, 10:32 PM	2.7	7.3 km	5.8 km
Jan 19, 2022, 10:14 PM	2.2	7 km	4.0 km
Jan 19, 2022, 9:41 PM	3.1	8.4 km	3.5 km
Jan 17, 2022, 4:22 PM	2.2	7.9 km	4.8 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.3 on Oct 22, 2017.

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. 11 of these report daily to TexNet: 31.4K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
Mariinsky State 8 #2W	Permian Resources Operating, LLC	000103018	2.7 km	15,000	5,000–6,500
Mariinsky State 8 #19	Permian Resources Operating, LLC	000105473	2.9 km	15,000	5,150–7,760
Reeves TXL Fee T7-50-9 #2SW	Chevron U. S. A. Inc.	000113179	3.1 km	25,000	5,200–6,450
Reeves TXL Fee T7-50-15 #2SW	Chevron U. S. A. Inc.	000113993	3.6 km	25,000	5,175–6,500
Reeves TXL Fee T7-50-15 #1SW	Chevron U. S. A. Inc.	000107605	3.7 km	25,000	5,000–6,575
Deep Six SWD #1	Select Water Solutions, LLC	000105026	4.4 km	25,000	4,000–7,000
Deep Six SWD #3	Select Water Solutions, LLC	000111157	4.5 km	25,000	4,000–7,000
Reeves TXL Fee T7-50-9 #1SW	Chevron U. S. A. Inc.	000115304	4.5 km	25,000	5,211–6,460
Deep Six #2R	Select Water Solutions, LLC	000110321	4.8 km	25,000	4,000–7,000
Reeves 'AH' Fee #1W	Select Water Solutions, LLC	000110268	4.8 km	20,000	5,350–6,900
Pecos Southeast SWD #1	Select Water Solutions, LLC	000105699	5 km	15,000	5,450–6,850
Eland State "14" #2	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000112677	5.4 km	20,000	5,100–6,600
Hightower State SWD #1	CR Field Services, LLC	000116099	6.8 km	10,000	5,100–6,600
Oryx "13" #1SW	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000104642	6.8 km	20,000	5,100–6,470
VJ Ranch-Sable "25" #3WD	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000112664	7.9 km	20,000	5,200–7,300

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About this data

Event tx2022sbpm 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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