Minor earthquake, 3.11 mag strikes near Coachella in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.11 (ml/mb) strikes 13 kilometers (8 miles) from Coachella in CA on Saturday. The temblor was picked up at 09:56:07 / 9:56 am (local time epicenter). Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 22/03/25 / 2025-03-22 09:56:07 / March 22, 2025 @ 9:56 am. Exact location of earthquake, -116.0670013° West, 33.7598343° North, depth 8.56 km. Unique identifier: ci40907031. Ids that are associated to the event: ci40907031. The epicenter of the earthquake was roughly 8.56 km (5 miles) below the earth’s surface.

Country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). The epicenter was 14 km (9 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 37 km (23 miles) from Cathedral City (c. 51 200 pop), 29 km (18 miles) from Palm Desert (c. 48 400 pop), 45 km (28 miles) from Palm Springs (c. 44 600 pop), 13 km (8 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop). Nearest cities/city/towns to hypocenter/epicentrum was Banning, Valle Vista, Yucca Valley (min 5000 pop).

Earthquakes 3.0 to 4.0 are often felt, but only causes minor damage. Each year there are an estimated 130,000 minor quakes in the world. In the past 24 hours, there have been one, in the last 10 days four, in the past 30 days five and in the last 365 days fifty-five earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby.

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Did objects rattle, topple over, or fall off shelves? Leave a comment or report about activity, shaking and damage at your home, country and city. This information comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Date-Time, Location, Distances, Parameters and details about this quake, recorded: 13 km NE of Coachella, CA.

Banning CA Cathedral City Coachella Indio Palm Desert Palm Springs United States Valle Vista Yucca Valley

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.11 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.0670013° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.7598343° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	8.56 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	13 km NE of Coachella, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-03-22 09:56:07	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-03-22 10:02:15	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	3	The total number of felt reports
CDI	3.1	The maximum reported intensity for the event.
MMI		The maximum estimated instrumental intensity for the event.
Alert Level		The alert level from the PAGER earthquake impact scale. Green, Yellow, Orange or Red.
Review Status	automatic	Indicates whether the event has been reviewed by a human.
Tsunami	0	This flag is set to "1" for large events in oceanic regions and "0" otherwise. The existence or value of this flag does not indicate if a tsunami actually did or will exist.
SIG	150	A number describing how significant the event is. Larger numbers indicate a more significant event.
Network	ci	The ID of a data contributor. Identifies the network considered to be the preferred source of information for this event.
Sources	,ci,	A comma-separated list of network contributors.
Number of Stations Used	113	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1092	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.17 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	36	The largest azimuthal gap between azimuthally adjacent stations (in degrees).
Magnitude Type	ml	The method or algorithm used to calculate the preferred magnitude for the event.
Event Type	earthquake	Type of seismic event.
Event ID	ci40907031	Id of event.
Event Code	40907031	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40907031,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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