Minor earthquake, 2.98 mag has occurred near Indio in CA

A minor earthquake with magnitude 2.98 (ml/mb) was reported 14 kilometers (9 miles) from Indio in CA on Friday. Global time and date of event 11/07/25 / 2025-07-11 00:17:48 / July 11, 2025 @ 12:17 am UTC/GMT. Exact location of earthquake, longitude -116.0830002 West, latitude 33.7903328 North, depth = 0.64 km. The temblor was picked up at 00:17:48 / 12:17 am (local time epicenter). Event ids that are associated to the earthquake: ci41019151. Id of event: ci41019151. The earthquake was roughly at a depth of 0.64 km (0 miles).

Close country/countries, United States (c. 310 233 000 pop) (That might be effected). Closest city/cities/towns to epicentrum/hypocenter was Valle Vista, Banning, Yucca Valley (min 5000 pop). Epicenter of the earthquake was 15 km (9 miles) from Indio (c. 76 000 pop), 35 km (22 miles) from Cathedral City (c. 51 200 pop), 28 km (17 miles) from Palm Desert (c. 48 400 pop), 43 km (27 miles) from Palm Springs (c. 44 600 pop), 15 km (9 miles) from Coachella (c. 40 700 pop).

In the past 24 hours, there have been two, in the last 10 days two, in the past 30 days three and in the last 365 days fourty-four earthquakes of magnitude 3.0 or greater that was reported nearby. 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.

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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: 14 km ENE of Indio, 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	2.98 mb	The magnitude for the event.
Longitude	-116.0830002° West	Decimal degrees longitude. Negative values for western longitudes.
Latitude	33.7903328° North	Decimal degrees latitude. Negative values for southern latitudes.
Depth	0.64 km	Depth of the event in kilometers.
Place	14 km ENE of Indio, CA	Textual description of named geographic region near to the event. This may be a city name, or a Flinn-Engdahl Region name.
Time	2025-07-11 00:17:48	Time when the event occurred. UTC/GMT
Updated	2025-07-11 00:20:12	Time when the event was most recently updated. UTC/GMT
Timezone offset		Timezone offset from UTC in minutes at the event epicenter.
Felt		The total number of felt reports
CDI		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	137	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	94	The total number of Number of seismic stations which reported P- and S-arrival times for this earthquake.
Horizontal Distance	0.1155	Horizontal distance from the epicenter to the nearest station (in degrees).
Root Mean Square	0.26 sec	The root-mean-square (RMS) travel time residual, in sec, using all weights.
Azimuthal Gap	38	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	ci41019151	Id of event.
Event Code	41019151	An identifying code assigned by, and unique from, the corresponding source for the event.
Event IDS	,ci41019151,	A comma-separated list of event ids that are associated to an event.

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