EARTHQUAKES · REEVES AREA · US2000IW0W

Magnitude 2.7 21 km SE of Lindsay, Texas

Friday, December 21, 2018, 12:47:45 PM Central · 2018-12-21 18:47:45 UTC

A magnitude 2.7 earthquake 21 km SE of Lindsay, Texas on December 21, 2018 at 12:47 PM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Reeves County area.

It is one of 76 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 1 of them in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.3.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 3.5 km away and operated by CR Field Services, LLC; together they hold 231,150 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

11 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 38,992 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.7: ML, reviewed
5.0: km deep · 16,405 ft
1: M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
76: M2+ within 10 km, all time
15: active injection wells within 10 km
530: permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter: 31.2308, -103.3811
County area: Reeves 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
Nov 25, 2018, 4:32 AM	2.5	5.3 km	3.0 km
Apr 4, 2019, 6:57 PM	2.6	4.9 km	5.9 km
Apr 8, 2019, 3:20 AM	2.6	10 km	1.9 km
Apr 27, 2019, 12:40 PM	2.7	6.7 km	4.5 km
Jul 23, 2018, 8:41 AM	2.6	7.9 km	3.8 km
Jun 28, 2018, 6:37 PM	2.7	7.1 km	5.0 km
Jun 17, 2019, 4:28 AM	2.7	5.9 km	5.0 km
Jul 18, 2019, 12:35 AM	2.9	5.8 km	5.0 km
Jul 18, 2019, 2:23 PM	2.6	9.8 km	5.0 km
Mar 28, 2018, 10:31 PM	2.9	9.2 km	5.0 km
Jan 23, 2018, 4:42 AM	2.2	6.8 km	6.6 km
Dec 27, 2017, 5:50 PM	2.7	7.1 km	5.0 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.3 on Oct 22, 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. 11 of these report daily to TexNet: 39K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
Hightower State SWD #1	CR Field Services, LLC	000116099	3.5 km	10,000	5,100–6,600
Reeves 'AH' Fee #1W	Select Water Solutions, LLC	000110268	4.7 km	20,000	5,350–6,900
Pecos Southeast SWD #1	Select Water Solutions, LLC	000105699	5 km	15,000	5,450–6,850
Deep Six SWD #3	Select Water Solutions, LLC	000111157	5.3 km	25,000	4,000–7,000
Ginger Grant #1WD	Permian Resources Operating, LLC	000109934	5.8 km	20,000	5,000–6,500
Chevron Minerals 29 #9SW	Permian Resources Operating, LLC	000103307	5.8 km	15,000	5,000–6,500
Deep Six #2R	Select Water Solutions, LLC	000110321	5.9 km	25,000	4,000–7,000
Chevron Minerals 29 #10SW	Permian Resources Operating, LLC	000103778	5.9 km	15,000	5,000–6,500
Deep Six SWD #1	Select Water Solutions, LLC	000105026	6 km	25,000	4,000–7,000
Chevron Minerals 29 #11SW	Permian Resources Operating, LLC	000103779	6 km	15,000	5,000–6,500
Young, J. B., Etal #5	McDonnold Operating, Inc.	000093862	6 km	900	5,168–5,184
Reeves -O- Fee #5W	Chevron U. S. A. Inc.	000020524	6.4 km	250	5,137–5,166
Mariinsky State 8 #19	Permian Resources Operating, LLC	000105473	6.6 km	15,000	5,150–7,760
Mariinsky State 8 #2W	Permian Resources Operating, LLC	000103018	6.6 km	15,000	5,000–6,500
Reeves TXL Fee T8-50-5 #2SW	Chevron U. S. A. Inc.	000116173	6.9 km	15,000	5,211–6,460

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About this data

Event us2000iw0w 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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