Earthquakes in the Ward County area
TexNet events inside the footprint of the county's 2,841 located permits, padded 0.1°. Events carry no county, so this is an area, and border clusters show up in more than one. The county's disposal wells →
TexNet located 11 M2+ earthquakes in the Ward County area in the last twelve months, 58% fewer than the year before.
The largest on record here was M3.3 on January 24, 2024, 11 km N of Coyanosa, Texas.
1,051 injection and disposal wells are active in the county, with 4.9 million barrels a day of permitted capacity and 342 million barrels reported injected over the H-10 year to June 2025.
7 deep disposal wells here report daily to TexNet; they took 42,140 barrels a day in August 2026.
- 11
- M2+ events, last 12 months -58%
- 0
- M3+ events, last 12 months
- 37
- M2+ events, last 2 years
- M3.3
- largest on record, Jan 24, 2024
M2+ events, by month
LAST FIVE YEARS
Last 12 months 26 · prior 12 36(-28%)
M2–2.9M3+
By magnitude
M2+ events in the last two years, in half-magnitude steps. Each step up is about 32 times the energy.
- M2.0–2.431
- M2.5–2.95
- M3.0–3.41
By year
| Year | M2+ | M3+ | Largest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 11 | 0 | M2.6 |
| 2025 | 25 | 1 | M3.0 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2 | M3.3 |
| 2023 | 25 | 0 | M2.9 |
| 2022 | 21 | 1 | M3.0 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1 | M3.1 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2 | M3.2 |
| 2019 | 19 | 2 | M3.3 |
| 2018 | 13 | 1 | M3.0 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2 | M3.2 |
RRC UIC + H-10 · TexNet daily
Disposal in the same county
- 1,051
- active injection wells
- 4.94M
- bbl/d permitted
- 342M
- bbl reported, H-10 year to Jun 2025
- 42.1K
- bbl/d, 7 daily reporters, Aug 2026
Recent events
M2+ · NEWEST FIRST · TIMES IN CENTRAL
| When | Mag | Where | Depth |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 20, 2026, 2:23 PM | 2.6 | 8 km SSE of Barstow, Texas | 0.0 km |
| Sep 8, 2026, 6:43 PM | 2.1 | 12 km NE of Coyanosa, Texas | 0.0 km |
| Aug 30, 2026, 10:48 PM | 2.2 | 17 km ESE of Barstow, Texas | 0.0 km |
| Aug 24, 2026, 3:46 PM | 2.1 | 8 km SSW of Pyote, Texas | 18.1 km |
| Aug 1, 2026, 12:50 AM | 2.0 | 19 km SSE of Barstow, Texas | 0.0 km |
| Jul 27, 2026, 9:21 PM | 2.3 | 9 km E of Barstow, Texas | 1.1 km |
| Apr 24, 2026, 2:56 PM | 2.2 | 4 km ENE of Lindsay, Texas | 5.2 km |
| Apr 2, 2026, 9:34 PM | 2.4 | 17 km SE of Lindsay, Texas | 5.8 km |
| Apr 2, 2026, 12:05 PM | 2.1 | 17 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas | 2.4 km |
| Mar 31, 2026, 8:34 PM | 2.1 | 16 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas | 7.5 km |
| Jan 8, 2026, 12:08 PM | 2.2 | 18 km SSE of Barstow, Texas | 10.4 km |
| Sep 25, 2025, 7:02 PM | 2.0 | 10 km NW of Barstow, Texas | 8.5 km |
| Aug 18, 2025, 12:24 PM | 2.2 | 12 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas | 5.0 km |
| Aug 7, 2025, 11:55 AM | 2.2 | 4 km WNW of Barstow, Texas | 4.6 km |
| Aug 5, 2025, 3:50 AM | 2.2 | 13 km SE of Lindsay, Texas | 5.5 km |
| Aug 2, 2025, 2:07 PM | 2.1 | 3 km WNW of Barstow, Texas | 4.9 km |
| Aug 2, 2025, 11:44 AM | 2.1 | 6 km N of Barstow, Texas | 2.5 km |
| Aug 2, 2025, 8:14 AM | 2.4 | 5 km NNW of Barstow, Texas | 4.2 km |
| Jul 18, 2025, 11:19 PM | 2.0 | 4 km S of Pecos, Texas | 3.2 km |
| Jul 10, 2025, 5:05 AM | 2.1 | 20 km SE of Lindsay, Texas | 4.6 km |
| Jun 28, 2025, 12:54 PM | 2.2 | 17 km ESE of Lindsay, Texas | 4.3 km |
| May 17, 2025, 9:30 PM | 2.3 | 13 km N of Coyanosa, Texas | 3.3 km |
| Apr 28, 2025, 8:13 PM | 2.6 | 11 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas | 2.2 km |
| Apr 28, 2025, 8:12 PM | 2.1 | 14 km SSE of Lindsay, Texas | 5.2 km |
| Feb 17, 2025, 12:27 PM | 2.0 | 19 km S of Barstow, Texas | 4.1 km |
About this data
TexNet catalog events inside 31.24–31.75°N, 102.67–103.58°W, refreshed daily. Disposal figures from the RRC UIC well master and H-10 filings at the last settled month.
Developers: this page as JSON is GET /v1/data/earthquakes/tx/ward, documented in the API reference.