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EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · TX2022YCMP

Magnitude 2.2 8 km WSW of Lindsay, Texas

Friday, December 9, 2022, 3:29:36 PM Central · 2022-12-09 21:29:36 UTC

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake 8 km WSW of Lindsay, Texas on December 9, 2022 at 3:29 PM Central, 4.0 km deep, in the Reeves County area.

It is one of 25 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M2.9.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.9 km away and operated by Layne SWD, LLC; together they hold 360,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.2
ML, reviewed
4.0
km deep · 13,201 ft
0
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
25
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
600
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
31.3364, -103.6219
County area
Reeves 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
Dec 13, 2022, 1:14 PM2.33.2 km0.1 km
Dec 20, 2022, 7:02 AM2.19.2 km0.1 km
Jun 28, 2022, 4:31 PM2.39.4 km5.5 km
Apr 7, 2022, 6:50 AM2.09.5 km4.0 km
Oct 23, 2021, 12:04 PM2.08.7 km3.1 km
Aug 9, 2021, 10:03 AM2.03.5 km1.9 km
Jul 28, 2021, 8:25 PM2.05.1 km3.6 km
Jun 24, 2021, 10:45 AM2.36.1 km3.9 km
Jun 24, 2021, 7:35 AM2.85.6 km1.1 km
Dec 12, 2024, 12:20 AM2.42.1 km4.4 km
Dec 15, 2024, 1:45 PM2.53.9 km0.1 km
Jul 15, 2020, 7:10 AM2.65.1 km5.0 km

Largest nearby on record: M2.9 on Sep 22, 2025.

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
Pecos South 869 SWD #1Layne SWD, LLC0001058831.9 km35,0004,500–7,500
Aquaman SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001172712 km25,0004,300–7,400
Somethingroyal SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001161052.7 km25,0004,400–7,500
Eclipse SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001155843.2 km20,0004,500–6,800
Old Yucca #2Crescent Energy Operating, LLC0001139573.6 km25,0004,500–6,900
Zenyatta SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001160654.5 km25,0004,100–7,000
Old Yucca #3Crescent Energy Operating, LLC0001176894.7 km20,0004,100–6,900
Regulus SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001181075.6 km20,0004,100–5,950
Boreas #1DWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001158946.4 km30,0004,350–7,400
El Diablo SWD #1Daco Operating, LLC0001083036.5 km25,0004,000–7,000
Beaver SWD #1Layne SWD, LLC0001175547 km20,0005,300–7,800
Goose SWD #1Layne SWD, LLC0001175538 km20,0004,350–5,300
Scat Daddy SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001110108 km25,0005,900–6,750
Cantaloupe King SWD #1Layne SWD, LLC0001183428.7 km20,0004,708–7,800
Orb SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001065698.9 km25,0004,500–7,100

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About this data

Event tx2022ycmp 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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