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EARTHQUAKES · WARD AREA · TX2023BEPS

Magnitude 2.0 13 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas

Tuesday, January 17, 2023, 12:01:02 PM Central · 2023-01-17 18:01:02 UTC

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 13 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas on January 17, 2023 at 12:01 PM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Ward County area.

It is one of 59 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.2.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.2 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.

M2.0
ML, reviewed
5.0
km deep · 16,406 ft
2
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
59
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
592
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
31.3198, -103.4053
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
Dec 19, 2022, 12:36 PM2.00.8 km-0.8 km
Dec 18, 2022, 1:41 PM2.38.8 km5.5 km
Nov 20, 2022, 10:21 PM2.39.5 km2.5 km
Apr 1, 2023, 2:32 AM2.30.7 km4.4 km
Oct 25, 2022, 10:26 PM2.11.4 km6.0 km
Apr 15, 2023, 5:14 AM2.05.1 km3.1 km
Apr 16, 2023, 7:46 AM2.51.2 km4.7 km
Sep 14, 2022, 7:35 PM2.28.3 km4.6 km
Jun 7, 2023, 2:16 PM2.03.6 km6.1 km
Aug 10, 2022, 11:37 AM2.29.4 km3.3 km
Jul 16, 2023, 11:04 AM2.03.3 km5.0 km
May 10, 2022, 4:28 PM2.46 km4.8 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.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
King Fisher SWD SE #2Noble Energy Inc0001157791.2 km20,0005,000–6,962
King Fisher SWD NE #1Noble Energy Inc0001157811.4 km20,0005,000–6,962
Fishing & Pleasure SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001054421.7 km20,0004,700–6,500
Fishing & Pleasure SWD #2Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001088002.2 km20,0004,700–6,500
Fishing & Pleasure SWD #3Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001099483.1 km20,0004,800–6,500
Toyah 4-9 Pilot Unit #14NHPermian Resources Operating, LLC0001256493.1 km10,0009,887–10,727
Toyah 4-9 Pilot Unit #83NIPermian Resources Operating, LLC0001256523.2 km10,0009,887–10,727
Ranger 16 SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001083583.4 km20,0005,000–6,700
Toyah 4-9 Pilot Unit #82NIPermian Resources Operating, LLC0001256513.5 km10,0009,887–10,727
Toyah 4-9 Pilot Unit #12NHPermian Resources Operating, LLC0001256483.6 km10,0009,887–10,727
Toyah 4-9 Pilot Unit #11NIPermian Resources Operating, LLC0001256473.9 km10,0009,887–10,727
Deep Six SWD #1Select Water Solutions, LLC0001050264.2 km25,0004,000–7,000
Deep Six #2RSelect Water Solutions, LLC0001103214.3 km25,0004,000–7,000
Phar Lap SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001168384.7 km30,0005,000–6,700
Deep Six SWD #3Select Water Solutions, LLC0001111574.9 km25,0004,000–7,000

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

About this data

Event tx2023beps 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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