EARTHQUAKES · WARD AREA · US2000HEJD

Magnitude 2.6 5 km SE of Lindsay, Texas

Friday, September 14, 2018, 3:30:47 AM Central · 2018-09-14 08:30:47 UTC

A magnitude 2.6 earthquake 5 km SE of Lindsay, Texas on September 14, 2018 at 3:30 AM Central, 2.3 km deep, in the Ward County area.

It is one of 66 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 0.9 km away and operated by Noble Energy Inc; together they hold 281,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

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

M2.6
MB_LG, reviewed
2.3
km deep · 7,579 ft
0
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
66
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
631
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
31.3400, -103.4947
County area
Ward County
On a map
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Catalog
USGS event page ↗

Around it in time and space

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

WhenMagDistanceDepth
Oct 26, 2018, 2:31 PM2.90.7 km5.0 km
Jul 23, 2018, 8:41 AM2.69.9 km3.8 km
Jul 13, 2018, 5:45 AM2.73.8 km2.9 km
Jul 13, 2018, 4:33 AM2.94.9 km5.0 km
May 10, 2018, 10:44 PM2.43.9 km5.0 km
Jan 20, 2019, 9:40 AM2.74.9 km5.0 km
Jan 29, 2019, 6:32 AM2.61.7 km5.0 km
Feb 2, 2019, 5:07 AM2.68.5 km2.4 km
Feb 15, 2019, 9:52 PM2.39.9 km5.0 km
Feb 16, 2019, 8:59 AM2.52.6 km5.0 km
Feb 16, 2019, 10:15 AM2.18.4 km5.0 km
Mar 28, 2018, 10:31 PM2.98.9 km5.0 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. 5 of these report daily to TexNet: 11.9K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Cole Younger State 30-23 Unit A #32INoble Energy Inc0001260820.9 km11,0008,809–10,402
Cole Younger State 30-23 Unit A #5INoble Energy Inc0001260830.9 km10,0008,769–10,591
Cole Younger State 30-23 Unit A #3INoble Energy Inc0001260811 km10,0008,776–10,594
Dark Star SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001153853 km20,0004,800–6,800
Orb SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001065693.8 km25,0004,500–7,100
Citation SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001155503.8 km20,0004,800–6,800
Cole Younger State 30-23 Unit B #7INoble Energy Inc0001260954.2 km10,0008,824–10,575
Cole Younger State 30-23 Unit B #9INoble Energy Inc0001260974.3 km10,0008,758–10,576
Pecos SWD #1Energy Transfer Company0001042154.7 km25,0004,500–7,500
Angelo SWD #2Milestone Enviro Services, LLC0001132775.3 km20,0004,500–6,500
Angelo SWD #1Milestone Enviro Services, LLC0001126865.4 km20,0004,500–6,500
FM 1450 South SWD #1Vallee Oil & Gas Company0001114545.9 km25,0004,700–8,000
Fishing & Pleasure SWD #3Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001099486.2 km20,0004,800–6,500
Perry SWD #1CR Field Services, LLC0001020956.2 km25,0004,950–7,000
Easy Jet #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001114776.5 km30,0004,500–7,000

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About this data

Event us2000hejd 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.

Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/earthquakes/tx/events/us2000hejd, documented in the API reference.