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EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · TX2024YPDR

Magnitude 2.5 9 km SW of Lindsay, Texas

Sunday, December 15, 2024, 1:45:59 PM Central · 2024-12-15 19:45:59 UTC

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake 9 km SW of Lindsay, Texas on December 15, 2024 at 1:45 PM Central, 0.1 km deep, in the Reeves County area.

It is one of 27 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them 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 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC; together they hold 315,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

M2.5
ML, reviewed
0.1
km deep · 290 ft
1
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
27
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
639
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
31.3050, -103.6030
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 12, 2024, 12:20 AM2.42.8 km4.4 km
Aug 3, 2025, 12:47 AM2.28.7 km8.0 km
Sep 22, 2025, 2:00 AM2.97.8 km7.8 km
Dec 25, 2025, 1:31 PM2.16.3 km4.4 km
Apr 2, 2023, 11:35 AM2.09.8 km7.0 km
Dec 20, 2022, 7:02 AM2.19.9 km0.1 km
Dec 13, 2022, 1:14 PM2.31.6 km0.1 km
Dec 9, 2022, 3:29 PM2.23.9 km4.0 km
May 29, 2022, 10:36 AM2.58.5 km3.9 km
Aug 28, 2021, 5:52 AM2.06.9 km5.3 km
Aug 9, 2021, 10:03 AM2.00.9 km1.9 km
Jul 28, 2021, 8:25 PM2.01.6 km3.6 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.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Eclipse SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001155841 km20,0004,500–6,800
Somethingroyal SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001161054.1 km25,0004,400–7,500
Pecos South 869 SWD #1Layne SWD, LLC0001058834.1 km35,0004,500–7,500
Cantaloupe King SWD #1Layne SWD, LLC0001183424.8 km20,0004,708–7,800
Scat Daddy SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001110105.1 km25,0005,900–6,750
South Farm SWD #1Layne SWD, LLC0001051765.1 km25,0004,900–6,100
Golding SWD #1CR Field Services, LLC0001057095.6 km25,0005,100–6,500
Aquaman SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001172715.9 km25,0004,300–7,400
Grindstone #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001058585.9 km15,0005,325–5,725
Columbus 197 #1DNoble Energy Inc0001050326.7 km15,0004,950–6,150
Old Yucca #2Crescent Energy Operating, LLC0001139576.7 km25,0004,500–6,900
Regulus SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001181077.5 km20,0004,100–5,950
Old Yucca #3Crescent Energy Operating, LLC0001176897.8 km20,0004,100–6,900
Rifleman #1DNoble Energy Inc0001169998 km10,0004,825–7,050
Campbell SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001139538.1 km10,0004,751–6,007

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

About this data

Event tx2024ypdr 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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