QuakeIndex

Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist

M 2.2ml

20km NW of Desert Center, CA

· 4.8 km deep · released about 64 lb of TNT

Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Riverside County 41 kmImperial County 90 km
Distance rings around the epicentre, with the nearest towns at their true direction and later quakes as coloured dots. Not a shaking map — see the USGS ShakeMap for that.
When
Magnitude
M 2.2 (ml)
Depth
4.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Riverside County, 41 km WSW
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2984 days ago

This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 64 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.2 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 230,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 170,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 15× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.2 about 64 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 33.8290, -115.5727. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection
Riverside County, CA 41 km (26 mi) ENE of here earthquakes near Riverside County
Imperial County, CA 90 km (56 mi) NNW of here earthquakes near Imperial County
San Bernardino County, CA 127 km (79 mi) SSE of here earthquakes near San Bernardino County
San Diego County, CA 143 km (89 mi) NE of here earthquakes near San Diego County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.

  1. 1.8 16km NE of Indio, CA
  2. 1.9 4km NE of North Shore, CA
  3. 1.7 12km ESE of North Shore, CA
  4. 2.7 22km NE of Thermal, CA
  5. 1.7 22km NE of Thermal, CA
  6. 1.6 12km NE of Indio, CA
  7. 1.5 12km ENE of Indio, CA
  8. 2.4 12km NE of Indio, CA
  9. 2.1 12km ENE of Indio, CA
  10. 1.8 12km NE of Indio, CA
  11. 1.6 12km NE of Indio, CA
  12. 1.7 12km ENE of Indio, CA
  13. 2.4 33km SE of Twentynine Palms, CA
  14. 1.9 12km NE of Indio, CA
  15. 1.8 16km NE of Indio, 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

QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.