EARTHQUAKES · WARD AREA · US20008HU4

Magnitude 2.4 5 km W of Barstow, Texas

Saturday, February 4, 2017, 10:48:27 PM Central · 2017-02-05 04:48:27 UTC

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake 5 km W of Barstow, Texas on February 4, 2017 at 10:48 PM Central, 5.4 km deep, in the Ward County area.

It is one of 40 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 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 2 km away and operated by Jetta Operating Company, Inc.; together they hold 218,800 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.

M2.4: ML, reviewed
5.4: km deep · 17,816 ft
1: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
40: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
674: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 31.4618, -103.4518
County area: Ward County
On a map: Google Maps ↗
Catalog: USGS event page ↗

Around it in time and space

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

When	Mag	Distance	Depth
Jan 25, 2017, 9:46 PM	2.7	9.5 km	5.0 km
Feb 17, 2017, 6:39 AM	2.6	7.7 km	3.0 km
Mar 17, 2017, 10:03 PM	3.0	5.5 km	3.5 km
Aug 30, 2017, 3:16 PM	2.2	7.2 km	1.8 km
Sep 29, 2017, 11:16 PM	2.0	9.6 km	5.0 km
Mar 8, 2018, 10:53 PM	2.5	8 km	4.9 km
Jun 27, 2018, 10:42 PM	2.5	3.8 km	7.1 km
Jun 28, 2018, 1:51 AM	2.8	6.2 km	5.0 km
Jul 13, 2018, 4:33 AM	2.9	10 km	5.0 km
Feb 2, 2019, 5:07 AM	2.6	5.6 km	2.4 km
Feb 15, 2019, 9:52 PM	2.3	9.6 km	5.0 km
Feb 16, 2019, 10:15 AM	2.1	7.4 km	5.0 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.0 on Jun 25, 2022.

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
Ani SWD #1	Jetta Operating Company, Inc.	000101944	2 km	20,000	8,000–9,150
Barstow SWD #2	M.A.C. Resources Inc.	000110480	2.5 km	20,000	6,600–7,100
Worsham 42 #1D	Jetta Operating Company, Inc.	000100991	3 km	20,000	8,020–10,440
Worsham -42- #2D	Jetta Operating Company, Inc.	000110501	3.2 km	30,000	6,800–8,550
Baptist Foundation #1D	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000048561	4.3 km	10,000	5,594–6,100
Perkins -F- #2W	Jetta Operating Company, Inc.	000096240	4.7 km	10,000	4,700–5,974
Jalapeno #1W	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000104362	5 km	20,000	4,875–6,205
Jalapeno SWD #2	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000105630	5.2 km	20,000	4,737–6,500
China Lake #1	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000087210	5.3 km	5,000	4,720–6,340
Perkins -F- #4W	Jetta Operating Company, Inc.	000095091	5.4 km	5,000	4,778–4,888
Mobil Fee Unit #1D	Jetta Operating Company, Inc.	000100753	5.5 km	10,000	4,800–6,390
Priest -E- #2	Jetta Operating Company, Inc.	000050930	5.9 km	5,000	4,600–6,150
Tarpon #1	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000116075	6 km	15,000	4,500–6,000
Layden C #8	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000107854	6.3 km	14,400	4,772–5,171
Perkins -F- #7	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000107858	6.5 km	14,400	4,815–5,171

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About this data

Event us20008hu4 from the USGS earthquake catalog, located by the network its id names 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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