Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.0ml
19km ENE of Thousand Palms, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.0 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 15 reports · strongest reported intensity II
- Nearest
- Riverside County, 26 km SE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 3329 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 15 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 860 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.0 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 390,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 18,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 12,000× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.0 about 860 lb of TNT
Energy from the Gutenberg–Richter relation (log10E = 1.5M + 4.8), rounded to two figures; bar length is magnitude, which is already a logarithm of energy. Magnitudes of past earthquakes from the USGS catalogue.
Where
Epicentre 33.8920, -116.2038. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside County, CA | 26 km (16 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 107 km (67 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near San Bernardino County |
| San Diego County, CA | 110 km (68 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| Imperial County, CA | 123 km (76 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Imperial County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
34 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.8 6km ENE of Desert Hot Springs, CA
- 1.8 6km ENE of Desert Hot Springs, CA
- 1.6 31km SE of Twentynine Palms, CA
- 3.2 12km ENE of Cabazon, CA
- 2.7 12km E of Desert Hot Springs, CA
- 2.0 8km ENE of Cabazon, CA
- 1.5 11km SW of Morongo Valley, CA
- 2.2 20km ESE of Anza, CA
- 2.2 14km NE of Thousand Palms, CA
- 1.6 10km SW of Garnet, CA
- 1.6 7km S of Yucca Valley, CA
- 2.2 11km N of Idyllwild, CA
- 1.7 12km SW of Morongo Valley, CA
- 1.9 11km ENE of Desert Hot Springs, CA
- 1.8 15km S of Joshua Tree, CA
Counted from the QuakeIndex database, which ingests the USGS feed every 30 seconds · as of . QuakeIndex does not forecast aftershocks. When USGS issues an operational aftershock forecast it appears on the USGS event page.
On USGS
- The official USGS event page — the source of record for every value above
- Did you feel it? Report it to USGS — reports go to USGS, not to us
- ShakeMap for this event, when USGS has produced one
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