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M 1.5ml
Earthquake near Indio, CA
No earthquake was likely felt in Indio in the 24 hours to 6:03 pm PDT (01:03 UTC). The last one was M 1.7, 9 km (6 mi) NNE, at 8:34 am PDT on 10 October 2026, estimated intensity II (weak) in town. Every earthquake near Indio
This page: a magnitude 1.5 earthquake was recorded 9 km (6 mi) north-northeast of Indio, CA, at 2:00 pm PDT on 16 October 2026 (21:00 UTC), 6.8 km deep.
USGS: 9 km NNE of Indio, CA
9 km (6 mi) NE of Indio, CA · 141 km (88 mi) NE of San Diego, CA
- When
- 2:00 pm PDT on 16 October 2026 ()
- Where
- 9 km (6 mi) north-northeast of Indio, CA · earthquakes near Indio
- Magnitude
- M 1.5 (ml)
- Depth
- 6.8 km below the surface
- Felt
- no reports yet
- Nearest
- Riverside County, 16 km ESE
- Nearest mapped fault
- Coachella Fan Fault Zone, under 1 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 4 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 it was probably too small to be felt, even directly above it. 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: Coachella, Bermuda Dunes, Thermal, Indian Wells, Vista Santa Rosa, La Quinta.
How big was it?
This earthquake released about 5 lb of TNT. Magnitude is logarithmic: each whole step up releases about 32 times more energy, so a magnitude 2.5 would have released about 32 times as much.
- Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 3,000,000× the energy of this one
- Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 2,100,000× the energy of this one
- Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 190× the energy of this one
- This earthquake M 1.5 about 5 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 370,000 times the energy of this one.
Before 2016, the USGS record lists 23 earthquakes of M5 or more within 50 km; the five largest:
- 6.1 The 1992 Joshua Tree, California Earthquake · 24 km NW of this epicentre
- 6.0 16km WSW of Oasis, CA · 44 km S of this epicentre
- 6.0 The 1948 Desert Hot Springs, California Earthquake · 27 km NW of this epicentre
- 6.0 The 1986 North Palm Springs, California Earthquake · 47 km WNW of this epicentre
- 5.8 3km NE of Yucca Valley, California · 44 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 33.7887, -116.1643. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Nearby places
| Place | Distance | Direction from the epicentre | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riverside County, CA | 16 km (10 mi) | ESE | earthquakes near Riverside County |
| San Diego County, CA | 102 km (64 mi) | SW | earthquakes near San Diego County |
| Imperial County, CA | 112 km (70 mi) | SE | earthquakes near Imperial County |
| San Bernardino County, CA | 119 km (74 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
11 earthquakes have been recorded within 50 km since this one.
- 1.3 11 km S of Joshua Tree, CA
- 1.4 16 km NNE of Indio, CA
- 0.8 16 km NNE of Indio, CA
- 1.4 17 km NE of Borrego Springs, CA
- 0.8 21 km SW of La Quinta, CA
- 1.3 21 km ESE of Anza, CA
- 1.0 16 km NNE of Indio, CA
- 1.3 17 km N of Borrego Springs, CA
- 0.9 22 km ESE of Anza, CA
- 0.4 17 km NNW of Borrego Springs, CA
- 1.0 21 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.
Revisions
USGS refines a solution as more stations report. Every change we have seen is listed here.
| What changed | From | To | When |
|---|---|---|---|
| review status | automatic | reviewed | |
| longitude | -116.17 | -116.16 | |
| latitude | 33.79 | 33.79 | |
| depth | 3.59 | 6.79 | |
| longitude | -116.17 | -116.17 | |
| latitude | 33.79 | 33.79 | |
| depth | 3.08 | 3.59 | |
| magnitude | 1.51 | 1.48 |
On USGS
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- 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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