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M 2.4ml

Earthquake near Coachella, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Coachella in the 24 hours to 3:57 pm PST (23:57 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 2.4 earthquake was recorded 16 km (10 mi) east-northeast of Coachella, CA, at 10:24 pm PDT on 1 May 2022 (05:24 UTC), 4.7 km deep.

USGS: 16km ENE of Coachella, CA

20 km (12 mi) E of Indio, CA · 146 km (91 mi) NE of San Diego, CA

10:24 pm PDT, May 1, 2022 · · 4.7 km deep · released about 100 lb of TNT

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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
10:24 pm PDT on 1 May 2022 ()
Where
16 km (10 mi) east-northeast of Coachella, CA · earthquakes near Coachella
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
4.7 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Riverside County, 2 km SE
Nearest mapped fault
Mecca Hills fault, 9 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 1655 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 20 km (12 mi) from the epicentre. In Coachella, 16 km away, the estimate is intensity II (weak). 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.

Likely felt in: Coachella 16 km, intensity II · Indio 18 km, intensity II · Mecca 20 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 100 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.4 would have released about 32 times as much.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 150,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 110,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 9.4× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 100 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 600 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 12 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 6.4 The 1954 San Jacinto Fault, California Earthquake · 50 km S of this epicentre
  2. 6.1 The 1992 Joshua Tree, California Earthquake · 36 km NW of this epicentre
  3. 6.0 16km WSW of Oasis, CA · 44 km SSW of this epicentre
  4. 6.0 The 1948 Desert Hot Springs, California Earthquake · 39 km NW of this epicentre
  5. 5.7 38km ESE of Twentynine Palms, CA · 42 km NE 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 33.7435, -116.0233. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Riverside County, CA 2 km (2 mi) SE earthquakes near Riverside County
Imperial County, CA 100 km (62 mi) SE earthquakes near Imperial County
San Diego County, CA 106 km (66 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

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

  1. 2.9 6km WNW of Bombay Beach, CA
  2. 1.9 16km SW of Oasis, CA
  3. 2.6 17km SW of Oasis, CA
  4. 2.1 11km NE of Indio, CA
  5. 2.1 22km SSW of La Quinta, CA
  6. 1.7 16km S of Joshua Tree, CA
  7. 2.0 16km NE of Coachella, CA
  8. 2.1 6km ENE of North Shore, CA
  9. 1.5 3km N of Bombay Beach, CA
  10. 1.5 23km ESE of Anza, CA
  11. 2.5 20km ESE of Anza, CA
  12. 2.2 21km ESE of Anza, CA
  13. 1.7 5km WSW of Bombay Beach, CA
  14. 2.1 17km ENE of Borrego Springs, CA
  15. 2.5 8km NE of Desert Hot Springs, 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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