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EARTHQUAKES · WARD AREA · TX2025BUWL

Magnitude 2.1 19 km SE of Lindsay, Texas

Sunday, January 26, 2025, 9:35:35 AM Central · 2025-01-26 15:35:35 UTC

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 19 km SE of Lindsay, Texas on January 26, 2025 at 9:35 AM Central, 1.9 km deep, in the Ward County area.

It is one of 69 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 4 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.2.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.4 km away and operated by Select Water Solutions, LLC; together they hold 295,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

10 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 22,211 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.1
ML, reviewed
1.9
km deep · 6,388 ft
4
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
69
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
513
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
31.2650, -103.3760
County area
Ward County
On a map
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Around it in time and space

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

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Jan 26, 2025, 9:09 AM2.23.9 km2.4 km
Jan 26, 2025, 11:07 AM3.01 km7.0 km
Jan 25, 2025, 10:22 PM2.55.7 km1.0 km
Jan 26, 2025, 10:57 PM2.34.6 km1.5 km
Jan 25, 2025, 8:56 AM2.14.5 km1.0 km
Jan 27, 2025, 9:03 PM2.02.1 km2.3 km
Jan 28, 2025, 9:24 AM2.61.7 km5.8 km
Jan 30, 2025, 4:51 PM2.63.6 km3.1 km
Jan 16, 2025, 12:42 AM2.12.5 km2.8 km
Feb 12, 2025, 1:21 AM2.14.2 km4.9 km
Feb 17, 2025, 12:27 PM2.03.2 km4.1 km
Dec 2, 2024, 5:19 AM2.44.9 km4.2 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.2 on Sep 14, 2020.

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. 10 of these report daily to TexNet: 22.2K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Deep Six SWD #3Select Water Solutions, LLC0001111572.4 km25,0004,000–7,000
Deep Six SWD #1Select Water Solutions, LLC0001050262.5 km25,0004,000–7,000
Deep Six #2RSelect Water Solutions, LLC0001103212.8 km25,0004,000–7,000
Mariinsky State 8 #19Permian Resources Operating, LLC0001054733.2 km15,0005,150–7,760
Mariinsky State 8 #2WPermian Resources Operating, LLC0001030183.4 km15,0005,000–6,500
Reeves TXL Fee T7-50-9 #2SWChevron U. S. A. Inc.0001131794.2 km25,0005,200–6,450
Reeves TXL Fee T7-50-15 #1SWChevron U. S. A. Inc.0001076055.5 km25,0005,000–6,575
Reeves TXL Fee T7-50-15 #2SWChevron U. S. A. Inc.0001139935.5 km25,0005,175–6,500
Reeves TXL Fee T7-50-9 #1SWChevron U. S. A. Inc.0001153045.6 km25,0005,211–6,460
Reeves 'AH' Fee #1WSelect Water Solutions, LLC0001102686.5 km20,0005,350–6,900
Toyah 4-9 Pilot Unit #14NHPermian Resources Operating, LLC0001256496.6 km10,0009,887–10,727
Toyah 4-9 Pilot Unit #83NIPermian Resources Operating, LLC0001256526.7 km10,0009,887–10,727
Pecos Southeast SWD #1Select Water Solutions, LLC0001056996.8 km15,0005,450–6,850
Fishing & Pleasure SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001054426.8 km20,0004,700–6,500
Chevron Minerals 29 #11SWPermian Resources Operating, LLC0001037796.8 km15,0005,000–6,500

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

About this data

Event tx2025buwl 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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