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M 1.7ml

Earthquake near Indio, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Indio in the 24 hours to 12:22 am PST (08:22 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 1.7 earthquake was recorded 41 km (26 mi) east-northeast of Indio, CA, at 5:32 pm PDT on 4 June 2019 (00:32 UTC), 5.3 km deep. 1 person has reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 32km SE of Twentynine Palms, CA

42 km (26 mi) ENE of Indio, CA · 143 km (89 mi) E of Riverside, CA

5:32 pm PDT, Jun 4, 2019 · · 5.3 km deep · released about 11 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Riverside County 26 kmImperial County 108 kmSan Bernardino County 109 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
5:32 pm PDT on 4 June 2019 ()
Where
41 km (26 mi) east-northeast of Indio, CA · earthquakes near Indio
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
5.3 km below the surface
Felt
1 report · strongest reported intensity II
Nearest
Riverside County, 26 km SW
Nearest mapped fault
Pinto Mountain fault (includes Morongo Valley fault), 19 km from its surface trace — near is not the same as on
Status
Reviewed by a seismologist

USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 2689 days ago

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, 41 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 11 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,400,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,000,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 89× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 11 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 10 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.1 The 1992 Joshua Tree, California Earthquake · 44 km W of this epicentre
  2. 6.0 The 1948 Desert Hot Springs, California Earthquake · 46 km W of this epicentre
  3. 5.7 38km ESE of Twentynine Palms, CA · 16 km ENE of this epicentre
  4. 5.7 2km SSW of Joshua Tree, California · 50 km WNW of this epicentre
  5. 5.5 15 km SSE of Twentynine Palms, California · 17 km WNW 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 33.9210, -115.8420. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Riverside County, CA 26 km (16 mi) SW earthquakes near Riverside County
Imperial County, CA 108 km (67 mi) SSE earthquakes near Imperial County
San Bernardino County, CA 109 km (67 mi) NNW earthquakes near San Bernardino County
San Diego County, CA 132 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

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

  1. 1.7 14km S of Twentynine Palms, CA
  2. 1.9 14km NE of Indio, CA
  3. 1.9 10km S of Joshua Tree, CA
  4. 1.6 11km NE of Indio, CA
  5. 1.6 16km N of Indio, CA
  6. 1.8 16km NE of Indio, CA
  7. 1.9 4km NE of North Shore, CA
  8. 1.6 17km N of Indio, CA
  9. 2.1 17 km N of Indio, CA
  10. 2.1 16 km N of Indio, CA
  11. 1.7 17km N of Indio, CA
  12. 3.1 17km N of Indio, CA
  13. 1.7 16 km N of Indio, CA
  14. 3.5 16km N of Indio, CA
  15. 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

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