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EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · TX2024KMCB

Magnitude 2.1 22 km S of Lindsay, Texas

Tuesday, May 28, 2024, 5:02:07 PM Central · 2024-05-28 22:02:07 UTC

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 22 km S of Lindsay, Texas on May 28, 2024 at 5:02 PM Central, 4.6 km deep, in the Reeves County area.

It is one of 37 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.1.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 1.2 km away and operated by Noble Energy Inc; together they hold 329,000 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.

M2.1
ML, reviewed
4.6
km deep · 15,135 ft
0
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
37
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
560
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
31.1690, -103.4930
County area
Reeves County
On a map
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Catalog
USGS event page ↗ · TexNet catalog ↗

Around it in time and space

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

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Dec 17, 2023, 5:04 PM2.06.6 km5.7 km
Aug 20, 2023, 7:32 PM2.25 km4.6 km
Apr 28, 2025, 8:12 PM2.18.5 km5.2 km
Jun 19, 2023, 5:58 AM2.13.7 km4.3 km
Jun 19, 2023, 5:46 AM2.14 km0.5 km
Jul 11, 2025, 1:59 PM2.39.2 km5.0 km
Jul 18, 2025, 1:10 AM2.03.4 km5.7 km
Mar 7, 2023, 1:25 AM2.01.4 km-0.7 km
Aug 26, 2025, 8:15 AM2.44.2 km5.1 km
Jan 18, 2026, 5:14 AM2.45.6 km1.8 km
Aug 29, 2022, 5:51 AM2.06.1 km4.9 km
Mar 21, 2026, 7:29 PM2.11.9 km5.2 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.1 on Jan 2, 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. 5 of these report daily to TexNet: 10.6K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Williams Block 52 #1DNoble Energy Inc0001110111.2 km20,0005,100–6,250
Sinclair Collier #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001010471.8 km15,0005,675–6,280
Man O' War SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001148001.8 km30,0005,050–6,400
Sea Bird SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001161452.9 km30,0005,125–6,800
Barracuda SWD #1CR Field Services, LLC0001179313.3 km19,0004,946–7,400
Wolfbone #1SDCR Field Services, LLC0001016255.2 km25,0005,000–7,000
Cwei-CHK 298-13 #3DNoble Energy Inc0001176395.3 km20,0005,000–6,962
Betty Lou 16 #4WDWaterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001160026 km20,0005,300–6,640
Osprey "9" #903Permian Resources Operating, LLC0001022786.1 km20,0004,500–5,561
Osprey "9" #9Permian Resources Operating, LLC0000974926.3 km20,0004,500–6,350
Cwei-CHK 22-52-8 #3DNoble Energy Inc0001176406.3 km20,0005,000–6,962
Santa Maria 29 #1DNoble Energy Inc0001147496.9 km25,0005,190–6,550
East Pinta 35 #1DNoble Energy Inc0001144187.3 km25,0005,200–6,500
Reeves TXL Fee T8-51-11 #2Chevron U. S. A. Inc.0001108288.3 km25,0005,000–7,155
Chevron Minerals 29 #9SWPermian Resources Operating, LLC0001033078.7 km15,0005,000–6,500

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

About this data

Event tx2024kmcb 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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