EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · TX2023DSCG
Magnitude 2.3 8 km NNW of Lindsay, Texas
Wednesday, February 22, 2023, 8:11:34 AM Central · 2023-02-22 14:11:34 UTC
A magnitude 2.3 earthquake 8 km NNW of Lindsay, Texas on February 22, 2023 at 8:11 AM Central, -0.8 km deep, in the Reeves County area.
It is one of 31 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.0.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.8 km away and operated by Reeves County SWD, LLC; together they hold 337,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
- M2.3
- ML, reviewed
- -0.8
- km deep · -2,656 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 31
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 669
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.4357, -103.5892
- County area
- Reeves 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 29, 2023, 4:24 PM | 2.1 | 4.2 km | 0.6 km |
| Mar 31, 2023, 2:58 PM | 2.2 | 8.5 km | 5.5 km |
| Apr 6, 2023, 8:26 PM | 2.0 | 5.8 km | 9.0 km |
| Dec 20, 2022, 7:02 AM | 2.1 | 8.8 km | 0.1 km |
| Dec 5, 2022, 8:33 PM | 2.0 | 1.1 km | 1.9 km |
| Nov 4, 2022, 9:32 PM | 2.1 | 5.7 km | 1.7 km |
| Oct 7, 2022, 1:09 PM | 2.3 | 6 km | 3.8 km |
| Aug 26, 2023, 3:05 AM | 2.0 | 0.9 km | 2.8 km |
| Sep 23, 2023, 11:36 AM | 2.7 | 7 km | 4.8 km |
| Jul 2, 2022, 2:23 PM | 2.2 | 4.7 km | 5.2 km |
| Jun 28, 2022, 4:31 PM | 2.3 | 5.6 km | 5.5 km |
| Jun 25, 2022, 12:05 PM | 3.0 | 5.6 km | 7.9 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.
Disposal in Reeves County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2023dscg 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/tx2023dscg, documented in the API reference.