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EARTHQUAKES · WARD AREA · US6000AH4E

Magnitude 2.4 15 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas

Tuesday, June 23, 2020, 5:57:44 AM Central · 2020-06-23 10:57:44 UTC

A magnitude 2.4 earthquake 15 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas on June 23, 2020 at 5:57 AM Central, 5.0 km deep, in the Ward County area.

It is one of 53 M2+ events located within 10 km of this spot, none in the thirty days before it; the largest nearby was M3.2.

15 active injection or disposal wells sit within 10 km, the nearest 2.4 km away and operated by Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC; together they hold 260,000 barrels a day of permitted capacity.

10 of the nearby wells report daily to TexNet; they injected 22,211 barrels a day in August 2026.

M2.4
ML, reviewed
5.0
km deep · 16,405 ft
0
M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
53
M2+ within 10 km, all time
15
active injection wells within 10 km
595
permitted wells within 10 km

Location

Epicenter
31.3062, -103.3967
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.

WhenMagDistanceDepth
May 18, 2020, 8:15 AM2.54.7 km6.2 km
Sep 14, 2020, 9:14 AM3.24.8 km3.7 km
Jul 18, 2019, 12:35 AM2.93.7 km5.0 km
Jun 29, 2021, 3:07 PM2.33.3 km2.9 km
Apr 27, 2019, 12:40 PM2.72.6 km4.5 km
Oct 22, 2021, 11:01 PM2.08.9 km3.7 km
Oct 26, 2021, 6:12 PM2.13.2 km1.4 km
Feb 16, 2019, 8:59 AM2.59.2 km5.0 km
Jan 29, 2019, 6:32 AM2.68.7 km5.0 km
Jan 20, 2019, 9:40 AM2.75.3 km5.0 km
Dec 1, 2021, 10:50 PM2.02 km4.6 km
Dec 21, 2018, 12:47 PM2.78.5 km5.0 km

Largest nearby on record: M3.2 on Sep 14, 2020.

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. 10 of these report daily to TexNet: 22.2K bbl/d in Aug 2026.

WellOperatorUIC no.DistancePermitted, bbl/dInjection zone, ft
Fishing & Pleasure SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001054422.4 km20,0004,700–6,500
Deep Six SWD #1Select Water Solutions, LLC0001050262.6 km25,0004,000–7,000
Deep Six #2RSelect Water Solutions, LLC0001103212.7 km25,0004,000–7,000
King Fisher SWD SE #2Noble Energy Inc0001157792.8 km20,0005,000–6,962
Fishing & Pleasure SWD #2Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001088002.9 km20,0004,700–6,500
King Fisher SWD NE #1Noble Energy Inc0001157813.1 km20,0005,000–6,962
Toyah 4-9 Pilot Unit #14NHPermian Resources Operating, LLC0001256493.2 km10,0009,887–10,727
Deep Six SWD #3Select Water Solutions, LLC0001111573.3 km25,0004,000–7,000
Toyah 4-9 Pilot Unit #83NIPermian Resources Operating, LLC0001256523.4 km10,0009,887–10,727
Toyah 4-9 Pilot Unit #82NHPermian Resources Operating, LLC0001256513.7 km10,0009,887–10,727
Toyah 4-9 Pilot Unit #12NHPermian Resources Operating, LLC0001256483.9 km10,0009,887–10,727
Fishing & Pleasure SWD #3Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001099483.9 km20,0004,800–6,500
Toyah 4-9 Pilot Unit #11NIPermian Resources Operating, LLC0001256474.2 km10,0009,887–10,727
Ranger 16 SWD #1Waterbridge Texas Operating LLC0001083584.7 km20,0005,000–6,700
Mariinsky State 8 #19Permian Resources Operating, LLC0001054734.9 km15,0005,150–7,760

Disposal in Ward County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →

About this data

Event us6000ah4e 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/us6000ah4e, documented in the API reference.