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M 1.7ml

Earthquake near Coachella, CA

No earthquake was likely felt in Coachella in the 24 hours to 6:04 am PST (14:04 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 20 km (12 mi) northeast of Coachella, CA, at 7:59 pm PST on 10 February 2026 (03:59 UTC), 2.8 km deep.

USGS: 20 km NE of Coachella, CA

23 km (14 mi) ENE of Indio, CA · 130 km (81 mi) E of Riverside, CA

7:59 pm PST, Feb 10, 2026 · · 2.8 km deep · released about 12 lb of TNT

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10 km30 km60 km120 km N Riverside County 6 kmImperial County 102 kmSan Diego County 111 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
7:59 pm PST on 10 February 2026 ()
Where
20 km (12 mi) northeast of Coachella, CA · earthquakes near Coachella
Magnitude
M 1.7 (ml)
Depth
2.8 km below the surface
Felt
no reports yet
Nearest
Riverside County, 6 km S
Nearest mapped fault
Mecca Hills fault, 14 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 274 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 13 km (8 mi) from the epicentre. In Coachella, 20 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: Thermal, Indio, Mecca, Vista Santa Rosa, Bermuda Dunes.

How big was it?

This earthquake released about 12 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.

  1. Mineral, Virginia 2011 M 5.8 1,200,000× the energy of this one
  2. Magna, Utah 2020 M 5.7 870,000× the energy of this one
  3. Around the size people start to feel M 3.0 78× the energy of this one
  4. This earthquake M 1.7 about 12 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 59,000 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. 6.1 The 1992 Joshua Tree, California Earthquake · 36 km NW of this epicentre
  2. 6.0 16km WSW of Oasis, CA · 48 km SSW of this epicentre
  3. 6.0 The 1948 Desert Hot Springs, California Earthquake · 38 km NW of this epicentre
  4. 5.7 38km ESE of Twentynine Palms, CA · 37 km NE of this epicentre
  5. 5.7 2km SSW of Joshua Tree, California · 48 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 33.7800, -115.9973. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Nearby places

PlaceDistanceDirection from the epicentre
Riverside County, CA 6 km (3 mi) S earthquakes near Riverside County
Imperial County, CA 102 km (63 mi) SE earthquakes near Imperial County
San Diego County, CA 111 km (69 mi) SW earthquakes near San Diego County
San Bernardino County, CA 121 km (75 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

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

  1. 1.9 19 km NNE of Indio, CA
  2. 2.1 14 km ENE of Indio, CA
  3. 2.8 19 km NNE of Indio, CA
  4. 1.5 10 km S of Joshua Tree, CA
  5. 1.6 20 km NW of Desert Center, CA
  6. 1.6 10 km ESE of North Shore, CA
  7. 2.4 10 km ESE of North Shore, CA
  8. 1.7 19 km NNE of Indio, CA
  9. 1.5 14 km NE of Coachella, CA
  10. 1.8 14 km NE of Coachella, CA
  11. 2.3 14 km NE of Coachella, CA
  12. 2.4 15 km NE of Thousand Palms, CA
  13. 2.1 9 km ENE of Indio, CA
  14. 1.7 21 km SSW of La Quinta, CA
  15. 2.4 13 km SSW of La Quinta, 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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