Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 2.5ml
7km NE of Desert Hot Springs, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 9.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- 3 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Riverside County, 51 km SE
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 710 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 3 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 200 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 75,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 53,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 4.7× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.5 about 200 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 34.0000, -116.4467. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside County, CA | 51 km (32 mi) | NW of here | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 98 km (61 mi) | SSW of here | earthquakes near San Bernardino County |
| San Diego County, CA | 113 km (70 mi) | NNE of here | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| Imperial County, CA | 147 km (91 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
40 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 3km SSW of Big Bear City, CA
- 1.6 8km SE of Yucca Valley, CA
- 1.7 6km SW of Idyllwild, CA
- 2.4 7km ENE of Yucaipa, CA
- 1.7 8km SSW of Idyllwild, CA
- 1.9 9km NNE of Banning, CA
- 2.0 3km E of Yucca Valley, CA
- 2.2 13km NNE of Thousand Palms, CA
- 2.4 9km SW of Morongo Valley, CA
- 1.9 9km ENE of Thousand Palms, CA
- 1.5 8km ENE of Thousand Palms, CA
- 1.8 14km ENE of Indio, CA
- 1.6 9km NE of Indio, CA
- 1.9 7km NE of San Jacinto, CA
- 2.0 9km 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.5 on 2018-05-08 — it released about 810 times the energy of this one.
From the QuakeIndex catalogue, built from the USGS FDSN event service.
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
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.