EARTHQUAKES · WARD AREA · TX2023VCEN

Magnitude 2.2 3 km N of Lindsay, Texas

Friday, October 27, 2023, 7:49:01 PM Central · 2023-10-28 00:49:01 UTC

A magnitude 2.2 earthquake 3 km N of Lindsay, Texas on October 27, 2023 at 7:49 PM Central, 3.0 km deep, in the Ward County area.

It is one of 60 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them 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 Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC; together they hold 327,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.2
ML(TEXNE, reviewed
3.0
km deep · 9,996 ft
2
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
60
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
695
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
31.4010, -103.5450
County area
Ward County
On a map
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Catalog
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Around it in time and space

M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Oct 27, 2023, 3:42 AM2.11.3 km4.1 km
Oct 26, 2023, 4:34 PM2.00.5 km3.7 km
Oct 30, 2023, 6:37 PM2.35.1 km5.6 km
Oct 31, 2023, 1:28 PM2.38.4 km4.2 km
Dec 8, 2023, 10:33 AM2.14.7 km2.1 km
Aug 26, 2023, 3:05 AM2.04.9 km2.8 km
Apr 14, 2024, 12:06 PM2.18.2 km1.4 km
Apr 6, 2023, 8:26 PM2.01.1 km9.0 km
Apr 2, 2023, 11:35 AM2.05.9 km7.0 km
Mar 31, 2023, 2:58 PM2.22.8 km5.5 km
Mar 29, 2023, 4:24 PM2.14.9 km0.6 km
Feb 22, 2023, 8:11 AM2.35.7 km-0.8 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.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Preakness SWD #2Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001059461.8 km40,0004,500–7,500
Sham SWD #2SWWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001095621.9 km25,0004,530–7,640
Pecos SWD #1Energy Transfer Company0001042153.9 km25,0004,500–7,500
Sbhes Pecos #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001159154 km25,0006,250–7,510
Reeves -43- #1Reeves County SWD, LLC0000944534.1 km12,0004,339–5,510
Orb SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001065695.4 km25,0004,500–7,100
Tarpon #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001160755.4 km15,0004,500–6,000
El Diablo SWD #1Daco Operating, LLC0001083035.4 km25,0004,000–7,000
Mendoza SWD #2Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001086955.8 km25,0004,000–7,000
Boreas #1DWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001158946.4 km30,0004,350–7,400
Cole Younger State 30-23 Unit B #7INoble Energy Inc0001260956.4 km10,0008,824–10,575
Abram SWD #1Terrain Water Solutions, LLC0001211906.7 km20,0004,600–7,600
Goose SWD #1Layne SWD, LLC0001175536.7 km20,0004,350–5,300
Cole Younger State 30-23 Unit B #9INoble Energy Inc0001260976.7 km10,0008,758–10,576
Beaver SWD #1Layne SWD, LLC0001175547.1 km20,0005,300–7,800

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About this data

Event tx2023vcen 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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