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M 1.7ml
Earthquake near Coachella, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Coachella in the 24 hours to 5:19 am PST (13:19 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 1.7 earthquake was recorded 13 km (8 mi) northeast of Coachella, CA, at 3:59 am PDT on 6 April 2025 (10:59 UTC), 7.6 km deep.
USGS: 13 km NE of Coachella, CA
16 km (10 mi) ENE of Indio, CA · 145 km (90 mi) NE of San Diego, CA
- When
- 3:59 am PDT on 6 April 2025 ()
- Where
- 13 km (8 mi) northeast of Coachella, CA · earthquakes near Coachella
- Magnitude
- M 1.7 (ml)
- Depth
- 7.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Riverside County, 7 km ESE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Coachella Fan Fault Zone, 7 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 585 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, 13 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.
Earthquakes near other towns within 30 km: Indio, Thermal, Vista Santa Rosa, Bermuda Dunes, Mecca, La Quinta.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 9.3 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.7 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,600,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 1,100,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 100× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.7 about 9.3 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 6,500 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 17 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.1 The 1992 Joshua Tree, California Earthquake · 32 km NW of this epicentre
- 6.0 16km WSW of Oasis, CA · 44 km SSW of this epicentre
- 6.0 The 1948 Desert Hot Springs, California Earthquake · 34 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.7 38km ESE of Twentynine Palms, CA · 43 km NE of this epicentre
- 5.7 2km SSW of Joshua Tree, California · 46 km NNW 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 33.7620, -116.0688. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside County, CA | 7 km (4 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| Imperial County, CA | 104 km (65 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Imperial County |
| San Diego County, CA | 105 km (65 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
43 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.9 14 km ENE of Indio, CA
- 1.8 14 km ENE of Indio, CA
- 1.5 14 km ENE of Indio, CA
- 1.8 15 km ENE of Indio, CA
- 1.6 14 km ENE of Indio, CA
- 1.6 14 km ENE of Indio, CA
- 3.0 14 km ENE of Indio, CA
- 1.7 15 km ENE of Indio, CA
- 1.5 15 km ENE of Indio, CA
- 1.6 15 km ENE of Indio, CA
- 2.1 16 km NNE of Indio, CA
- 1.9 16 km NE of Thousand Palms, CA
- 1.5 18 km ENE of Thousand Palms, CA
- 2.1 18 km ESE of Anza, CA
- 1.9 20 km ESE of Anza, 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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