EARTHQUAKES · WARD AREA · TX2025PCLSML
Magnitude 2.1 3 km WNW of Barstow, Texas
Saturday, August 2, 2025, 2:07:42 PM Central · 2025-08-02 19:07:42 UTC
A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 3 km WNW of Barstow, Texas on August 2, 2025 at 2:07 PM Central, 4.9 km deep, in the Ward County area.
It is one of 21 M2+ events TexNet has located within 10 km of this spot, 2 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.0.
15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3.1 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC; together they hold 266,000 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.
- M2.1
- ML, reviewed
- 4.9
- km deep · 15,935 ft
- 2
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 21
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 588
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.4750, -103.4270
- County area
- Ward County
- On a map
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- Catalog
- TexNet earthquake catalog ↗
Around it in time and space
M2+ events within 10 km, nearest in time first.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 2025, 11:44 AM | 2.1 | 6.1 km | 2.5 km |
| Aug 2, 2025, 8:14 AM | 2.4 | 3.6 km | 4.2 km |
| Aug 7, 2025, 11:55 AM | 2.2 | 0.8 km | 4.6 km |
| Sep 25, 2025, 7:02 PM | 2.0 | 6.9 km | 8.5 km |
| Apr 30, 2024, 1:40 PM | 2.6 | 3 km | 8.6 km |
| Apr 14, 2024, 12:06 PM | 2.1 | 10 km | 1.4 km |
| Feb 2, 2024, 9:59 AM | 2.4 | 3 km | 8.1 km |
| Oct 25, 2023, 6:56 PM | 2.1 | 6.6 km | 8.9 km |
| Feb 18, 2022, 2:44 AM | 2.3 | 9.9 km | 4.4 km |
| Aug 31, 2021, 6:57 AM | 2.4 | 7.4 km | 7.4 km |
| Apr 22, 2021, 10:57 PM | 2.2 | 6.4 km | 4.8 km |
| Apr 14, 2021, 7:25 AM | 2.2 | 4.7 km | 6.1 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.
| Well | Operator | UIC no. | Distance | Permitted, bbl/d | Injection zone, ft |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| China Lake #1 | Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC | 000087210 | 3.1 km | 5,000 | 4,720–6,340 |
| Jalapeno #1W | Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC | 000104362 | 3.2 km | 20,000 | 4,875–6,205 |
| Barstow Brine #2 | Tall City Brine LLC | 000124998 | 3.2 km | 8,000 | 3,140–4,200 |
| Barstow Brine #1 | Tall City Brine LLC | 000117940 | 3.2 km | 8,000 | 3,074–4,030 |
| Worsham 42 #1D | Jetta Oper Co, Inc | 000100991 | 3.5 km | 20,000 | 8,020–10,440 |
| Jalapeno SWD #2 | Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC | 000105630 | 3.7 km | 20,000 | 4,737–6,500 |
| East of the Pecos #1SW | R360 Water Solutions, LLC | 000112641 | 4.1 km | 20,000 | 6,510–7,100 |
| Worsham -42- #2D | Jetta Oper Co, Inc | 000110501 | 4.2 km | 30,000 | 6,800–8,550 |
| Ani SWD #1 | Jetta Oper Co, Inc | 000101944 | 4.2 km | 20,000 | 8,000–9,150 |
| Apollo SWD #1 | Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC | 000112676 | 4.6 km | 35,000 | 6,500–8,400 |
| Mobil Fee Unit #1D | Jetta Oper Co, Inc | 000100753 | 4.9 km | 10,000 | 4,800–6,390 |
| Silver Spike SWD #1R | R360 Water Solutions, LLC | 000107804 | 4.9 km | 20,000 | 5,530–7,100 |
| Barstow SWD #2 | M.A.C. Res Inc | 000110480 | 5.1 km | 20,000 | 6,600–7,100 |
| Perkins -F- #2W | Jetta Oper Co, Inc | 000096240 | 6 km | 10,000 | 4,700–5,974 |
| Cowboy Country SWD #1 | Waterbridge Texas Oper LLC | 000124617 | 6.3 km | 20,000 | 4,775–7,950 |
Disposal in Ward County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
TexNet catalog event tx2025pclsml, as published by the 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/tx2025pclsml, documented in the API reference.