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M 1.6ml
Earthquake near Coachella, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Coachella in the 24 hours to 10:12 am PST (18:12 UTC). The last one was M 4.9, 167 km (104 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 Coachella
This page: a magnitude 1.6 earthquake was recorded 49 km (30 mi) east-northeast of Coachella, CA, at 8:05 am PST on 25 January 2022 (16:05 UTC), 7.1 km deep.
USGS: 37km NW of Desert Center, CA
51 km (32 mi) ENE of Indio, CA · 137 km (85 mi) E of Moreno Valley, CA
- When
- 8:05 am PST on 25 January 2022 ()
- Where
- 49 km (30 mi) east-northeast of Coachella, CA · earthquakes near Coachella
- Magnitude
- M 1.6 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.1 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Riverside County, 33 km SW
- Nearest mapped fault
- Pinto Mountain fault (includes Morongo Valley fault), 23 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 1751 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 9 km (6 mi) from the epicentre. In Coachella, 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 8.7 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 1,700,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,200,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 110× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.6 about 8.7 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
The largest earthquake within 50 km since 2016 was M 4.2 on 2019-07-22 — about 6,900 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 3 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km:
- 5.7 38km ESE of Twentynine Palms, CA · 10 km NNE of this epicentre
- 5.5 15 km SSE of Twentynine Palms, California · 27 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.0 15 km SSE of Twentynine Palms, California · 27 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 33.9125, -115.7257. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside County, CA | 33 km (20 mi) | SW | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| Imperial County, CA | 103 km (64 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Imperial County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 113 km (70 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near San Bernardino County |
| San Diego County, CA | 139 km (86 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
59 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 14km ENE of Thousand Palms, CA
- 2.0 14km ENE of Thousand Palms, CA
- 1.6 14km ENE of Thousand Palms, CA
- 1.7 12km NE of Indio, CA
- 2.2 14km ENE of Thousand Palms, CA
- 2.3 23km NE of Thermal, CA
- 2.0 6km NE of Indio, CA
- 2.5 9km NE of Indio, CA
- 1.7 10km E of Thermal, CA
- 1.8 15km ENE of Indio, CA
- 2.0 15km ENE of Indio, CA
- 2.0 36km WNW of Desert Center, CA
- 2.4 14km NE of Indio, CA
- 1.8 24km ENE of Thermal, CA
- 1.6 11km 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
- 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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