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M 2.4ml

Earthquake near Indio, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Indio in the 24 hours to 7:19 am PST (15:19 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 2.4 earthquake was recorded 9 km (6 mi) north of Indio, CA, at 8:59 am PDT on 10 October 2023 (15:59 UTC), 8.6 km deep. 4 people have reported feeling it to USGS.

USGS: 9 km N of Indio, CA

8 km (5 mi) NNE of Indio, CA · 140 km (87 mi) NE of San Diego, CA

8:59 am PDT, Oct 10, 2023 · · 8.6 km deep · released about 140 lb of TNT

Every earthquake near Indio Felt it? Tell USGS Check my area
10 km30 km60 km120 km N Riverside County 20 kmSan Diego County 102 kmImperial County 115 kmSan Bernardino County 117 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
8:59 am PDT on 10 October 2023 ()
Where
9 km (6 mi) north of Indio, CA · earthquakes near Indio
Magnitude
M 2.4 (ml)
Depth
8.6 km below the surface
Felt
4 reports · strongest reported intensity III
Nearest
Riverside County, 20 km ESE
Nearest mapped fault
Indio Hills Fault Zone, 2 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 1128 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 Indio, 9 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: Indio 9 km, intensity II · Coachella 14 km, intensity II · Thousand Palms 18 km, intensity II · La Quinta 18 km, intensity II · Palm Desert 19 km, intensity II. Estimated for each town centre; each link is that town's own record.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 140 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 5.8 110,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 78,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 6.9× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 2.4 about 140 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 5.2 on 2016-06-10 — about 13,000 times the energy of this one.

Before 2016, the USGS record lists 25 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:

  1. 7.3 The 1992 Landers, California Earthquake · 49 km NNW of this epicentre
  2. 6.1 The 1992 Joshua Tree, California Earthquake · 21 km NNW of this epicentre
  3. 6.0 16km WSW of Oasis, CA · 45 km S of this epicentre
  4. 6.0 The 1948 Desert Hot Springs, California Earthquake · 24 km NNW of this epicentre
  5. 6.0 The 1986 North Palm Springs, California Earthquake · 44 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 33.8013, -116.1993. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Riverside County, CA 20 km (12 mi) ESE earthquakes near Riverside County
San Diego County, CA 102 km (63 mi) SSW earthquakes near San Diego County
Imperial County, CA 115 km (72 mi) SE earthquakes near Imperial County
San Bernardino County, CA 117 km (73 mi) N earthquakes near San Bernardino County

Places and coordinates from the US Census Bureau Gazetteer (2024). Distances are from the epicentre.

Aftershocks so far

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

  1. 1.7 16 km ESE of Anza, CA
  2. 1.6 14 km NE of Coachella, CA
  3. 2.9 18 km NE of Mecca, CA
  4. 1.5 17 km ESE of Anza, CA
  5. 2.6 17 km ESE of Anza, CA
  6. 1.7 11 km SW of Morongo Valley, CA
  7. 2.3 18 km NE of Mecca, CA
  8. 2.1 14 km E of Desert Hot Springs, CA
  9. 1.8 22 km ESE of Anza, CA
  10. 1.6 14 km E of Desert Hot Springs, CA
  11. 1.6 15 km E of Desert Hot Springs, CA
  12. 1.6 17 km ESE of Anza, CA
  13. 1.6 14 km S of Joshua Tree, CA
  14. 1.5 14 km SSW of Joshua Tree, CA
  15. 3.0 14 km SSW of Joshua Tree, 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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