EARTHQUAKES · WARD AREA · US2000JJ41

Magnitude 2.1 1 km SW of Pecos, Texas

Saturday, February 16, 2019, 10:15:14 AM Central · 2019-02-16 16:15:14 UTC

A magnitude 2.1 earthquake 1 km SW of Pecos, Texas on February 16, 2019 at 10:15 AM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Ward County area.

It is one of 62 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, 4 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 2.5 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC; together they hold 271,400 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

1 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 7,755 barrels a day in August 2026.

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

Location

Epicenter: 31.4151, -103.5067
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
Feb 16, 2019, 8:59 AM	2.5	7.3 km	5.0 km
Feb 15, 2019, 9:52 PM	2.3	3.3 km	5.0 km
Feb 2, 2019, 5:07 AM	2.6	3.4 km	2.4 km
Jan 29, 2019, 6:32 AM	2.6	10 km	5.0 km
Apr 10, 2019, 10:46 AM	2.1	5.4 km	5.9 km
Oct 26, 2018, 2:31 PM	2.9	8.8 km	5.0 km
Sep 14, 2018, 3:30 AM	2.6	8.4 km	2.3 km
Jul 13, 2018, 5:45 AM	2.7	5.7 km	2.9 km
Jul 13, 2018, 4:33 AM	2.9	3.5 km	5.0 km
Sep 28, 2019, 1:07 PM	2.3	3.2 km	5.0 km
Jun 28, 2018, 1:51 AM	2.8	3.4 km	5.0 km
Jun 27, 2018, 10:42 PM	2.5	3.9 km	7.1 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. 1 of these report daily to TexNet: 7.76K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

Well	Operator	UIC no.	Distance	Permitted, bbl/d	Injection zone, ft
Preakness SWD #2	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000105946	2.5 km	40,000	4,500–7,500
Tarpon #1	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000116075	2.6 km	15,000	4,500–6,000
Sham SWD #2SW	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000109562	2.9 km	25,000	4,530–7,640
Baptist Foundation #1D	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000048561	3.7 km	10,000	5,594–6,100
Angelo SWD #2	Milestone Enviro Services, LLC	000113277	4.7 km	20,000	4,500–6,500
Cole Younger State 30-23 Unit B #7I	Noble Energy Inc	000126095	4.8 km	10,000	8,824–10,575
Cole Younger State 30-23 Unit B #9I	Noble Energy Inc	000126097	5 km	10,000	8,758–10,576
Barstow SWD #2	M.A.C. Resources Inc.	000110480	5 km	20,000	6,600–7,100
Angelo SWD #1	Milestone Enviro Services, LLC	000112686	5.1 km	20,000	4,500–6,500
Layden C #9W	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000095491	5.5 km	5,000	4,779–5,080
Pecos SWD #1	Energy Transfer Company	000104215	5.7 km	25,000	4,500–7,500
Layden C #8	Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC	000107854	5.8 km	14,400	4,772–5,171
Ani SWD #1	Jetta Operating Company, Inc.	000101944	6.1 km	20,000	8,000–9,150
FM 1450 South SWD #1	Vallee Oil & Gas Company	000111454	6.3 km	25,000	4,700–8,000
Reeves -43- #1	Reeves County SWD, LLC	000094453	6.3 km	12,000	4,339–5,510

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About this data

Event us2000jj41 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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