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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Indio, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Indio in the 24 hours to 10:23 pm PST (06:23 UTC). The last one was M 4.9, 173 km (107 mi) SE, at 10:27 am PST on 3 November 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town; 321 felt reports to USGS. Every earthquake near Indio
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 49 km (30 mi) east-northeast of Indio, CA, at 2:12 pm PST on 26 February 2019 (22:12 UTC), 2.4 km deep. 14 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
USGS: 30km WNW of Desert Center, CA
50 km (31 mi) E of Indio, CA · 139 km (87 mi) E of Moreno Valley, CA
- When
- 2:12 pm PST on 26 February 2019 ()
- Where
- 49 km (30 mi) east-northeast of Indio, CA · earthquakes near Indio
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 2.4 km below the surface
- Felt
- 14 reports · strongest reported intensity IV
- Nearest
- Riverside County, 29 km WSW
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2816 days ago
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This was a minor earthquake. Quakes this small are rarely felt and do not cause damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 11 km (7 mi) from the epicentre. In Indio, 49 km away, the estimate is intensity I (not felt). Estimated from magnitude, depth and distance with the intensity equation USGS Did You Feel It? uses; felt reports, where there are any, are the measurement.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 7.6 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.6 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 2,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,400,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 130× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 7.6 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.
For this area
No earthquake of M4 or more has been recorded within 50 km since our catalogue begins in 2016.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.7 38km ESE of Twentynine Palms, CA · 21 km N of this epicentre
- 5.5 15 km SSE of Twentynine Palms, California · 34 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.0 15 km SSE of Twentynine Palms, California · 34 km NW of this epicentre
Since 2016: the QuakeIndex catalogue (US, M1.5+), built from the USGS FDSN event service. Before 2016: USGS ComCat, M5+ from 1900. Distances are between epicentres. This is the record, not a forecast.
Where
Epicentre 33.8130, -115.7033. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside County, CA | 29 km (18 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| Imperial County, CA | 92 km (57 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Imperial County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 124 km (77 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near San Bernardino County |
| San Diego County, CA | 133 km (82 mi) | SW | earthquakes near San Diego County |
Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.
Aftershocks so far
54 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.5 10km ENE of Indio, CA
- 1.7 14km S of Twentynine Palms, CA
- 1.9 14km NE of Indio, CA
- 1.6 11km NE of Indio, CA
- 1.6 16km N of Indio, CA
- 1.8 16km NE of Indio, CA
- 1.9 4km NE of North Shore, CA
- 1.6 17km N of Indio, CA
- 2.1 17 km N of Indio, CA
- 2.1 16 km N of Indio, CA
- 1.7 17km N of Indio, CA
- 3.1 17km N of Indio, CA
- 1.7 16 km N of Indio, CA
- 3.5 16km N of Indio, CA
- 1.6 16 km N 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
- 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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