EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · TX2023EPIJ

Magnitude 2.0 23 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas

Tuesday, March 7, 2023, 1:25:00 AM Central · 2023-03-07 07:25:00 UTC

A magnitude 2.0 earthquake 23 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas on March 7, 2023 at 1:25 AM Central, -0.7 km deep, in the Reeves County area.

It is one of 33 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 1.5 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC; together they hold 334,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

5 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 10,645 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.0: ML, reviewed
-0.7: km deep · -2,403 ft
0: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
33: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
558: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 31.1657, -103.4786
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
Jun 19, 2023, 5:46 AM	2.1	4.1 km	0.5 km
Jun 19, 2023, 5:58 AM	2.1	4.5 km	4.3 km
Aug 20, 2023, 7:32 PM	2.2	3.6 km	4.6 km
Aug 29, 2022, 5:51 AM	2.0	7.4 km	4.9 km
Dec 17, 2023, 5:04 PM	2.0	7.9 km	5.7 km
May 28, 2024, 5:02 PM	2.1	1.4 km	4.6 km
Dec 8, 2021, 11:12 AM	2.2	7.8 km	3.7 km
Nov 24, 2021, 11:39 PM	2.2	1.8 km	2.1 km
Nov 24, 2021, 11:37 PM	2.1	2.3 km	3.3 km
Oct 15, 2021, 4:55 AM	2.0	7.8 km	3.9 km
May 29, 2021, 11:18 AM	2.2	7.1 km	4.8 km
Mar 21, 2021, 6:15 AM	2.1	7.7 km	3.6 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.0 on Aug 24, 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. 5 of these report daily to TexNet: 10.6K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
Sea Bird SWD #1	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000116145	1.5 km	30,000	5,125–6,800
Williams Block 52 #1D	Noble Energy Inc	000111011	1.9 km	20,000	5,100–6,250
Sinclair Collier #1	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000101047	2.2 km	15,000	5,675–6,280
Man O' War SWD #1	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000114800	3.3 km	30,000	5,050–6,400
Barracuda SWD #1	CR Field Services, LLC	000117931	3.9 km	19,000	4,946–7,400
Betty Lou 16 #4WD	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000116002	4.6 km	20,000	5,300–6,640
Osprey "9" #903	Permian Resources Operating, LLC	000102278	4.7 km	20,000	4,500–5,561
Osprey "9" #9	Permian Resources Operating, LLC	000097492	4.9 km	20,000	4,500–6,350
Santa Maria 29 #1D	Noble Energy Inc	000114749	5.7 km	25,000	5,190–6,550
Cwei-CHK 298-13 #3D	Noble Energy Inc	000117639	5.9 km	20,000	5,000–6,962
Wolfbone #1SD	CR Field Services, LLC	000101625	6.4 km	25,000	5,000–7,000
Reeves TXL Fee T8-51-11 #2	Chevron U. S. A. Inc.	000110828	6.9 km	25,000	5,000–7,155
East Pinta 35 #1D	Noble Energy Inc	000114418	7.2 km	25,000	5,200–6,500
Cwei-CHK 22-52-8 #3D	Noble Energy Inc	000117640	7.3 km	20,000	5,000–6,962
Panhead #1WD	Permian Resources Operating, LLC	000109816	7.6 km	20,000	5,000–6,500

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About this data

Event tx2023epij 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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