Minor earthquake: M3.21 quake has struck near Thousand Palms in CA

A minor earthquake magnitude 3.21 (ml/mb) has struck on Thursday, 18 kilometers (11 miles) from Thousand Palms in CA. Global date and time of event UTC/GMT: 10/04/25 / 2025-04-10 13:38:19 / April 10, 2025 @ 1:38 pm. The earthquake occurred at a depth of 7.26 km (5 miles). Exact location of earthquake, -116.2194977° West, 33.9001656° North, depth 7.26 km. The temblor was detected at 13:38:19 / 1:38 pm (local time epicenter). Unique identifier: ci40921055. Ids that are associated to the event: ci40921055.

Nearby country/countries that might be effected, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Calimesa, Yucaipa, Big Bear Lake (min 5000 pop). The epicenter was 72 km (44 miles) from Hemet (c. 78 700 pop), 20 km (12 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 77 km (48 miles) from Yucaipa (c. 51 400 pop), 26 km (16 miles) from Cathedral City (c. 51 200 pop), 24 km (15 miles) from Palm Desert (c. 48 400 pop).

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

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How did you react? Was there any damage to buildings? Leave a comment or report about shaking, activity and damage at your home, city and country. This data comes from the USGS Earthquake Notification Service. Read more about the earthquake, Seismometer information, Distances, Parameters, Date-Time, Location and details about this quake, that has occurred near: 18 km ENE of Thousand Palms, CA.

Big Bear Lake CA Calimesa Cathedral City Hemet Indio Palm Desert Thousand Palms United States Yucaipa

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Parameter	Value	Description
Magnitude	3.21 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.2194977° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.9001656° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	7.26 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	18 km ENE of Thousand Palms, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-04-10 13:38:19	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-04-10 13:43:14	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt	1	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	reviewed	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	159	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	0.04589	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.18 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	33	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	ci40921055	Id of event.
Event Code	40921055	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci40921055,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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