EARTHQUAKES · WARD AREA · TX2024CHRT
Magnitude 2.4 5 km NNW of Barstow, Texas
Friday, February 2, 2024, 9:59:21 AM Central · 2024-02-02 15:59:21 UTC
A magnitude 2.4 earthquake 5 km NNW of Barstow, Texas on February 2, 2024 at 9:59 AM Central, 8.1 km deep, in the Ward County area.
It is one of 15 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 0.1 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC; together they hold 256,900 barrels a day of permitted capacity.
2 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 24,355 barrels a day in August 2026.
- M2.4
- ML, reviewed
- 8.1
- km deep · 26,613 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 15
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 525
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.5020, -103.4230
- 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 2024, 1:40 PM | 2.6 | 0.1 km | 8.6 km |
| Oct 25, 2023, 6:56 PM | 2.1 | 4.7 km | 8.9 km |
| Aug 2, 2025, 8:14 AM | 2.4 | 0.8 km | 4.2 km |
| Aug 2, 2025, 11:44 AM | 2.1 | 3.4 km | 2.5 km |
| Aug 2, 2025, 2:07 PM | 2.1 | 3 km | 4.9 km |
| Aug 7, 2025, 11:55 AM | 2.2 | 3.2 km | 4.6 km |
| Sep 25, 2025, 7:02 PM | 2.0 | 5.5 km | 8.5 km |
| Aug 31, 2021, 6:57 AM | 2.4 | 4.4 km | 7.4 km |
| Apr 22, 2021, 10:57 PM | 2.2 | 4.1 km | 4.8 km |
| Apr 14, 2021, 7:25 AM | 2.2 | 2.8 km | 6.1 km |
| Jun 27, 2018, 10:42 PM | 2.5 | 9 km | 7.1 km |
| Mar 8, 2018, 10:53 PM | 2.5 | 2.7 km | 4.9 km |
Largest nearby on record: M3.0 on Mar 18, 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. 2 of these report daily to TexNet: 24.4K bbl/d in Aug 2026.
Disposal in Ward County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event tx2024chrt 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/tx2024chrt, documented in the API reference.