Earthquake · reviewed by a seismologist
M 3.2ml
28km NE of Indio, CA
- When
- Magnitude
- M 3.2 (ml)
- Depth
- 5.0 km below the surface
- Felt
- 18 reports · strongest reported intensity III
- Nearest
- Riverside County, 16 km S
- Status
- Reviewed by a seismologist
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 531 days ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage. 18 people have reported feeling it to USGS.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 1,800 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 4.2 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Northridge, California 1994 M 6.7 180,000× the energy of this one
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 8,200× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 5,800× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 3.2 about 1,800 lb of TNT
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 this one released 1.9× more
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 33.8737, -115.9695. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside County, CA | 16 km (10 mi) | N of here | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| Imperial County, CA | 109 km (68 mi) | NNW of here | earthquakes near Imperial County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 111 km (69 mi) | S of here | earthquakes near San Bernardino County |
| San Diego County, CA | 121 km (75 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
23 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.7 16km NNW of Twentynine Palms, CA
- 1.6 37km NW of Desert Center, CA
- 2.9 13km N of Indio, CA
- 1.7 17km NNE of Indio, CA
- 2.2 24km ENE of Thermal, CA
- 1.9 24km ENE of Thermal, CA
- 2.0 23km ENE of Thermal, CA
- 2.0 24km ENE of Thermal, CA
- 1.6 24km ENE of Thermal, CA
- 1.5 13km NNE of Thousand Palms, CA
- 1.5 28km NE of Indio, CA
- 2.0 19km N of Twentynine Palms, CA
- 1.7 27km NNE of North Shore, CA
- 1.6 21km NE of Thermal, CA
- 1.9 17km 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.
For this area
The largest earthquake within 50 km in our catalogue was M 4.2 on 2019-07-22 — it released about 33 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
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