Petrora

EARTHQUAKES · WARD AREA · TX2025IHRT

Magnitude 2.1 14 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas

Monday, April 28, 2025, 8:12:55 PM Central · 2025-04-29 01:12:55 UTC

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 14 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas on April 28, 2025 at 8:12 PM Central, 5.2 km deep, in the Ward County area.

It is one of 46 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 2.8 km away and operated by Permian Resources Operating, LLC; together they hold 214,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

7 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 11,939 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.1
ML, reviewed
5.2
km deep · 17,070 ft
0
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
46
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
584
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
31.2450, -103.4840
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.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Apr 28, 2025, 8:13 PM2.63 km2.2 km
Jul 18, 2025, 1:10 AM2.05.1 km5.7 km
Jan 30, 2025, 4:51 PM2.69.9 km3.1 km
Jan 27, 2025, 9:03 PM2.08.8 km2.3 km
Aug 5, 2025, 3:50 AM2.28 km5.5 km
Dec 2, 2024, 5:19 AM2.49.5 km4.2 km
Sep 5, 2024, 1:11 PM2.08.9 km5.8 km
Jan 18, 2026, 5:14 AM2.43.2 km1.8 km
Mar 21, 2026, 7:29 PM2.17.7 km5.2 km
May 28, 2024, 5:02 PM2.18.5 km4.6 km
Apr 2, 2026, 9:34 PM2.49.4 km5.8 km
Aug 3, 2026, 2:15 PM2.58.3 km3.1 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. 7 of these report daily to TexNet: 11.9K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Chevron Minerals 29 #12Permian Resources Operating, LLC0001053912.8 km15,0004,950–7,750
Chevron Minerals 29 #11SWPermian Resources Operating, LLC0001037794 km15,0005,000–6,500
Chevron Minerals 29 #10SWPermian Resources Operating, LLC0001037784 km15,0005,000–6,500
Chevron Minerals 29 #9SWPermian Resources Operating, LLC0001033074.1 km15,0005,000–6,500
Perry SWD #1CR Field Services, LLC0001020954.4 km25,0004,950–7,000
Barracuda SWD #1CR Field Services, LLC0001179315.3 km19,0004,946–7,400
Columbus 197 #1DNoble Energy Inc0001050327.1 km15,0004,950–6,150
Williams Block 52 #1DNoble Energy Inc0001110117.3 km20,0005,100–6,250
Grindstone #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001058587.4 km15,0005,325–5,725
Toyah 4-9 Pilot Unit #11NIPermian Resources Operating, LLC0001256477.5 km10,0009,887–10,727
Rifleman #1DNoble Energy Inc0001169997.6 km10,0004,825–7,050
Toyah 4-9 Pilot Unit #12NHPermian Resources Operating, LLC0001256487.7 km10,0009,887–10,727
Toyah 4-9 Pilot Unit #82NHPermian Resources Operating, LLC0001256517.8 km10,0009,887–10,727
Rifleman #2DNoble Energy Inc0001170008 km10,0004,820–6,960
Toyah 4-9 Pilot Unit #83NIPermian Resources Operating, LLC0001256528 km10,0009,887–10,727

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

About this data

Event tx2025ihrt 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/tx2025ihrt, documented in the API reference.