EARTHQUAKES · WARD AREA · TX2023SRLE

Magnitude 2.7 western Texas

Saturday, September 23, 2023, 11:36:41 AM Central · 2023-09-23 16:36:41 UTC

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake western Texas on September 23, 2023 at 11:36 AM Central, 4.8 km deep, in the Ward County area.

It is one of 18 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M2.8.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3.1 km away and operated by CR Field Services, LLC; together they hold 305,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.7: ML(TEXNE, reviewed
4.8: km deep · 15,816 ft
1: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
18: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
488: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 31.4980, -103.5810
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
Aug 26, 2023, 3:05 AM	2.0	7.2 km	2.8 km
Mar 29, 2023, 4:24 PM	2.1	6.8 km	0.6 km
Feb 22, 2023, 8:11 AM	2.3	7 km	-0.8 km
Dec 5, 2022, 8:33 PM	2.0	6.5 km	1.9 km
Nov 4, 2022, 9:32 PM	2.1	8.9 km	1.7 km
Oct 7, 2022, 1:09 PM	2.3	9 km	3.8 km
Sep 11, 2024, 9:53 PM	2.0	6.7 km	3.8 km
Jul 2, 2022, 2:23 PM	2.2	2.4 km	5.2 km
Jun 25, 2022, 5:35 AM	2.1	10 km	7.3 km
Feb 18, 2022, 2:44 AM	2.3	6.4 km	4.4 km
Jan 8, 2026, 3:44 AM	2.4	6.9 km	3.7 km
Oct 17, 2026, 10:22 PM	2.1	8 km	5.5 km

Largest nearby on record: M2.8 on Jun 28, 2018.

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.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
Viper SWD #1	CR Field Services, LLC	000116376	3.1 km	20,000	4,117–6,480
North Pecos SWD #1	M.A.C. Resources Inc.	000108531	3.1 km	30,000	4,656–7,234
King #1	Majestic Oil & Gas Holding Co.	000100539	4.1 km	2,000	4,298–4,361
Clark SWD #1W	Pilot Water Solutions Permianllc	000105968	4.4 km	30,000	4,000–8,500
Clark SWD #2W	Layne SWD, LLC	000115628	4.5 km	35,000	4,600–7,000
Abram SWD #1	Terrain Water Solutions, LLC	000121190	4.7 km	20,000	4,600–7,600
King #12W	Majestic Oil & Gas Holding Co.	000098959	4.9 km	2,000	4,300–4,373
Pecos SWD 4-31 #1	CR Field Services, LLC	000104334	5.1 km	20,000	4,250–7,400
Beignet SWD #1	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000122820	5.6 km	20,000	4,175–7,250
Broken Hill SWD 4-34 #1V	CR Field Services, LLC	000106830	5.9 km	20,000	4,200–6,500
Central Reeves #2SW	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000108266	5.9 km	40,000	4,470–6,860
Knight, Cornell -D- #1	Manti Tarka Permian OP, LLC	000039655	6.1 km	6,000	8,120–8,190
Omega SWD #1	Terrain Water Solutions, LLC	000121745	6.6 km	20,000	4,275–7,600
Hollywood SWD #1	CR Field Services, LLC	000116375	6.7 km	20,000	4,100–6,390
Pecos SWD C18-24 #1	CR Field Services, LLC	000104332	7.1 km	20,000	4,250–7,400

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

About this data

Event tx2023srle 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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