Earthquake · automatic estimate, may change
M 2.5ml
Earthquake near Indio, CA
Yes. A magnitude 2.5 earthquake was recorded 47 km (29 mi) ENE of Indio, CA, at 2:28 pm PDT on 11 October 2026 (21:28 UTC), less than 1 km deep. No felt reports to USGS yet. The magnitude and location are an automatic first estimate and may change.
USGS: 34 km WNW of Desert Center, CA
48 km (30 mi) ENE of Indio, CA · 137 km (85 mi) E of Moreno Valley, CA
- When
- 2:28 pm PDT on 11 October 2026 ()
- Where
- 47 km (29 mi) ENE of Indio, CA · earthquakes near Indio
- Magnitude
- M 2.5 (ml)
- Depth
- -0.6 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Riverside County, 28 km WSW
- Status
- Automatic — a machine’s first estimate, which may change
USGS · last changed by USGS · we first saw it 1 hour ago
This was a small earthquake. Shaking like this is often felt indoors nearby and very rarely causes damage.
At this magnitude and depth, people at rest would likely notice it out to about 22 km (14 mi) from the epicentre. In Indio, 47 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.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 180 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 3.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 83,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 59,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 5.2× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 2.5 about 180 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 4.9 on 2026-01-20 — about 4,000 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 · 18 km N of this epicentre
- 5.5 15 km SSE of Twentynine Palms, California · 31 km NW of this epicentre
- 5.0 15 km SSE of Twentynine Palms, California · 31 km NW 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 33.8415, -115.7293. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside County, CA | 28 km (17 mi) | WSW | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| Imperial County, CA | 96 km (59 mi) | SSE | earthquakes near Imperial County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 120 km (75 mi) | NNW | earthquakes near San Bernardino County |
| San Diego County, CA | 133 km (83 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
No further earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
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.
Revisions
USGS refines a solution as more stations report. Every change we have seen is listed here.
| What changed | From | To | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| location | 33 km WNW of Desert Center, CA | 34 km WNW of Desert Center, CA | |
| longitude | -115.73 | -115.73 | |
| latitude | 33.84 | 33.84 | |
| depth | -0.6 | -0.55 | |
| magnitude | 2.61 | 2.52 |
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
QuakeIndex does not issue warnings. For earthquake early warning see ShakeAlert.