EARTHQUAKES · WARD AREA · US70003D1F
Magnitude 2.7 15 km SE of Lindsay, Texas
Saturday, April 27, 2019, 12:40:45 PM Central · 2019-04-27 17:40:45 UTC
A magnitude 2.7 earthquake 15 km SE of Lindsay, Texas on April 27, 2019 at 12:40 PM Central, 4.5 km deep, in the Ward County area.
It is one of 55 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 1.3 km away and operated by Select Water Solutions, LLC; together they hold 255,000 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.
- M2.7
- MB_LG, reviewed
- 4.5
- km deep · 14,863 ft
- 0
- M2+ within 10 km, prior 30 days
- 55
- M2+ within 10 km, all time
- 15
- active injection wells within 10 km
- 556
- permitted wells within 10 km
Location
- Epicenter
- 31.2855, -103.4097
- 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.
| When | Mag | Distance | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feb 16, 2019, 8:59 AM | 2.5 | 9.9 km | 5.0 km |
| Jul 18, 2019, 12:35 AM | 2.9 | 3.8 km | 5.0 km |
| Jan 29, 2019, 6:32 AM | 2.6 | 8.5 km | 5.0 km |
| Jan 20, 2019, 9:40 AM | 2.7 | 5.2 km | 5.0 km |
| Dec 21, 2018, 12:47 PM | 2.7 | 6.7 km | 5.0 km |
| Oct 26, 2018, 2:31 PM | 2.9 | 9.4 km | 5.0 km |
| Jul 23, 2018, 8:41 AM | 2.6 | 1.7 km | 3.8 km |
| May 18, 2020, 8:15 AM | 2.5 | 4.8 km | 6.2 km |
| Mar 28, 2018, 10:31 PM | 2.9 | 6.3 km | 5.0 km |
| Jun 23, 2020, 5:57 AM | 2.4 | 2.6 km | 5.0 km |
| Sep 14, 2020, 9:14 AM | 3.2 | 4.5 km | 3.7 km |
| Nov 2, 2020, 7:41 PM | 3.0 | 7.9 km | 5.0 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.
Disposal in Ward County → · How disposal permits and volumes work →
About this data
Event us70003d1f 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/us70003d1f, documented in the API reference.