EARTHQUAKES · WARD AREA · US2000FPTX

Magnitude 2.5 2 km ENE of Pecos, Texas

Wednesday, June 27, 2018, 10:42:12 PM Central · 2018-06-28 03:42:12 UTC

A magnitude 2.5 earthquake 2 km ENE of Pecos, Texas on June 27, 2018 at 10:42 PM Central, 7.1 km deep, in the Ward County area.

It is one of 58 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.0.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 0.7 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC; together they hold 238,800 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.

M2.5: ML, reviewed
7.1: km deep · 23,164 ft
0: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
58: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
747: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 31.4320, -103.4706
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
Jun 28, 2018, 1:51 AM	2.8	4.4 km	5.0 km
Jul 13, 2018, 4:33 AM	2.9	6.2 km	5.0 km
Jul 13, 2018, 5:45 AM	2.7	6.8 km	2.9 km
May 10, 2018, 10:44 PM	2.4	9.9 km	5.0 km
Feb 2, 2019, 5:07 AM	2.6	2 km	2.4 km
Feb 15, 2019, 9:52 PM	2.3	6.8 km	5.0 km
Feb 16, 2019, 8:59 AM	2.5	8.5 km	5.0 km
Feb 16, 2019, 10:15 AM	2.1	3.9 km	5.0 km
Sep 29, 2017, 11:16 PM	2.0	6.8 km	5.0 km
Apr 10, 2019, 10:46 AM	2.1	6 km	5.9 km
Aug 30, 2017, 3:16 PM	2.2	4 km	1.8 km
Sep 28, 2019, 1:07 PM	2.3	5.3 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
Baptist Foundation #1D	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000048561	0.7 km	10,000	5,594–6,100
Barstow SWD #2	M.A.C. Resources Inc.	000110480	1.3 km	20,000	6,600–7,100
Ani SWD #1	Jetta Operating Company, Inc.	000101944	2.3 km	20,000	8,000–9,150
Perkins -F- #2W	Jetta Operating Company, Inc.	000096240	3.4 km	10,000	4,700–5,974
Perkins -F- #4W	Jetta Operating Company, Inc.	000095091	3.6 km	5,000	4,778–4,888
Worsham -42- #2D	Jetta Operating Company, Inc.	000110501	3.6 km	30,000	6,800–8,550
Layden C #8	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000107854	3.7 km	14,400	4,772–5,171
Tarpon #1	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000116075	3.7 km	15,000	4,500–6,000
Layden C #9W	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000095491	3.8 km	5,000	4,779–5,080
Worsham 42 #1D	Jetta Operating Company, Inc.	000100991	4.1 km	20,000	8,020–10,440
Perkins -F- #7	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000107858	4.3 km	14,400	4,815–5,171
Priest -E- #2	Jetta Operating Company, Inc.	000050930	5.1 km	5,000	4,600–6,150
Angelo SWD #2	Milestone Enviro Services, LLC	000113277	5.4 km	20,000	4,500–6,500
Angelo SWD #1	Milestone Enviro Services, LLC	000112686	5.5 km	20,000	4,500–6,500
Easy Jet #1	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000111477	5.9 km	30,000	4,500–7,000

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About this data

Event us2000fptx 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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