M2.5 earthquake 11km NE of Indio, CA

Magnitude

2.5 (Mh), micro

Magnitude from

Southern California Seismic Network

Local time

Tue, May 8, 1973, 6:57 AM PDT

UTC

1973-05-08 13:57:13 UTC

Depth

4.5 km (2.8 mi), shallow

Epicenter

33.790° N, 116.129° W

Region

California

Tsunami flag

No

Status

Reviewed by a seismologist

Location uncertainty

About 1.4 km horizontally, 5.1 km in depth

Magnitude uncertainty

±0.13

Depth from

From location

Station coverage gap

90°

Stations used

9

• Indio Hills, CaliforniaPopulation 972. Forecast10 kmESE
• Indio, CaliforniaPopulation 87,533. Forecast11 kmNE
• Temecula, CaliforniaPopulation 110,003. Forecast100 kmENE
• Mexicali, MexicoPopulation 1,032,686. Forecast144 kmNNW

After

1. 2.910km ESE of Joshua Tree, CAWed, May 9, 4:53 AM PDT · 19507 days ago · 6 km deep · 36 km away
2. 2.916km NE of Borrego Springs, CAThu, May 10, 6:30 AM PDT · 19506 days ago · 6 km deep · 49 km away
3. 2.24km SSW of Idyllwild, CAMon, May 14, 9:56 PM PDT · 19501 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
4. 2.621km NNW of Borrego Springs, CAThu, May 17, 4:30 AM PDT · 19499 days ago · 2 km deep · 49 km away
5. 3.26km W of Calimesa, CAThu, May 17, 11:35 PM PDT · 19498 days ago · 10 km deep · 94 km away
6. 2.57km N of Anza, CAFri, May 18, 5:24 PM PDT · 19498 days ago · 16 km deep · 53 km away
7. 2.614km N of Joshua Tree, CASun, May 20, 7:14 AM PDT · 19496 days ago · 6 km deep · 55 km away
8. 2.45km E of Cabazon, CASun, May 20, 10:50 AM PDT · 19496 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
9. 2.010km NE of Aguanga, CATue, May 22, 2:22 AM PDT · 19494 days ago · 6 km deep · 69 km away
10. 2.77km S of Idyllwild, CAWed, May 23, 10:20 AM PDT · 19493 days ago · 5 km deep · 57 km away
11. 2.89km SW of Idyllwild, CAFri, May 25, 1:09 PM PDT · 19491 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
12. 2.410km NE of Aguanga, CAFri, May 25, 2:21 PM PDT · 19491 days ago · 6 km deep · 68 km away
13. 3.122km SW of Ocotillo Wells, CASun, May 27, 1:22 PM PDT · 19489 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
14. 3.010km ENE of Borrego Springs, CAMon, May 28, 8:42 AM PDT · 19488 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
15. 3.020km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CAWed, May 30, 2:40 AM PDT · 19486 days ago · 7 km deep · 89 km away
16. 2.510km NW of Big Bear Lake, CAWed, May 30, 7:17 PM PDT · 19486 days ago · 6 km deep · 97 km away
17. 2.712km E of Borrego Springs, CAThu, May 31, 6:01 PM PDT · 19485 days ago · 6 km deep · 59 km away
18. 2.64km W of Calimesa, CASat, Jun 9, 5:10 AM PDT · 19476 days ago · 5 km deep · 92 km away
19. 3.322km SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CASat, Jun 16, 10:40 AM PDT · 19469 days ago · 16 km deep · 92 km away
20. 2.88km NE of Borrego Springs, CATue, Jun 19, 10:32 PM PDT · 19465 days ago · 6 km deep · 56 km away
21. 2.87km N of Brawley, CAThu, Jun 21, 6:09 AM PDT · 19464 days ago · 15 km deep · 100 km away
22. 3.86km ENE of Westmorland, CAThu, Jun 21, 6:11 AM PDT · 19464 days ago · 15 km deep · 97 km away
23. 2.56km E of Westmorland, CAThu, Jun 21, 6:21 AM PDT · 19464 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
24. 2.54km E of Westmorland, CAThu, Jun 21, 6:23 AM PDT · 19464 days ago · 8 km deep · 98 km away
25. 1.58km N of Brawley, CAThu, Jun 21, 6:24 AM PDT · 19464 days ago · 8 km deep · 99 km away
26. 2.95km E of Westmorland, CAThu, Jun 21, 6:33 AM PDT · 19464 days ago · 6 km deep · 99 km away
27. 2.56km E of Westmorland, CAThu, Jun 21, 6:58 AM PDT · 19464 days ago · 11 km deep · 98 km away
28. 2.44km E of Westmorland, CAThu, Jun 21, 7:41 AM PDT · 19464 days ago · 6 km deep · 98 km away
29. 2.97km E of Westmorland, CAThu, Jun 21, 7:55 AM PDT · 19464 days ago · 11 km deep · 99 km away
30. 3.26km E of Westmorland, CAThu, Jun 21, 8:45 AM PDT · 19464 days ago · 14 km deep · 98 km away
31. 2.66km N of Brawley, CAThu, Jun 21, 9:33 AM PDT · 19464 days ago · 6 km deep · 100 km away
32. 1.66km NNW of Brawley, CAThu, Jun 21, 10:38 AM PDT · 19464 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
33. 1.86km NNW of Brawley, CAThu, Jun 21, 12:42 PM PDT · 19464 days ago · 5 km deep · 100 km away
34. 1.66km E of Westmorland, CAThu, Jun 21, 1:01 PM PDT · 19464 days ago · 5 km deep · 99 km away
35. 3.27km E of Westmorland, CAThu, Jun 21, 3:47 PM PDT · 19464 days ago · 16 km deep · 99 km away
36. 2.74km E of Westmorland, CAThu, Jun 21, 5:33 PM PDT · 19464 days ago · 5 km deep · 98 km away
37. 2.07km W of Calipatria, CAFri, Jun 22, 9:34 PM PDT · 19462 days ago · 6 km deep · 91 km away
38. 3.18km SSW of Cabazon, CAMon, Jun 25, 5:39 AM PDT · 19460 days ago · 19 km deep · 66 km away
39. 2.810km NNE of Cabazon, CATue, Jun 26, 4:37 PM PDT · 19459 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
40. 2.828km NNE of North Shore, CAWed, Jun 27, 3:12 AM PDT · 19458 days ago · 7 km deep · 24 km away
41. 2.314km E of Desert Hot Springs, CAWed, Jun 27, 9:28 AM PDT · 19458 days ago · 6 km deep · 29 km away
42. 3.011km NE of Ocotillo Wells, CAWed, Jun 27, 4:31 PM PDT · 19458 days ago · 6 km deep · 64 km away
43. 1.512km WNW of Calipatria, CASat, Jun 30, 8:31 AM PDT · 19455 days ago · 5 km deep · 84 km away
44. 2.818km N of Cabazon, CASat, Jun 30, 5:32 PM PDT · 19455 days ago · 9 km deep · 68 km away
45. 2.515km WNW of Calipatria, CASat, Jun 30, 11:31 PM PDT · 19454 days ago · 1 km deep · 81 km away
46. 1.95km S of Niland, CAMon, Jul 2, 10:15 AM PDT · 19453 days ago · 5 km deep · 88 km away
47. 1.75km WNW of Yucaipa, CATue, Jul 3, 3:45 AM PDT · 19452 days ago · 1 km deep · 93 km away
48. 1.812km NW of Ocotillo Wells, CATue, Jul 3, 8:24 AM PDT · 19452 days ago · 1 km deep · 63 km away
49. 3.713km SE of Big Bear City, CATue, Jul 3, 11:32 PM PDT · 19451 days ago · 6 km deep · 71 km away
50. 2.69km SSE of Big Bear Lake, CAFri, Jul 6, 3:42 PM PDT · 19449 days ago · 6 km deep · 81 km away

Before

1. 3.411km N of Joshua Tree, CATue, May 8, 5:41 AM PDT · 19508 days ago · 6 km deep · 52 km away
2. 2.810km NE of Julian, CASun, May 6, 8:18 PM PDT · 19509 days ago · 6 km deep · 82 km away
3. 2.313km E of Borrego Springs, CASun, May 6, 1:52 AM PDT · 19510 days ago · 6 km deep · 63 km away
4. 3.512km NNW of Twentynine Palms, CAThu, May 3, 3:09 AM PDT · 19513 days ago · 5 km deep · 50 km away
5. 3.011km ENE of Desert Hot Springs, CAWed, May 2, 12:25 PM PDT · 19514 days ago · 0 km deep · 32 km away
6. 2.720km N of Joshua Tree, CAWed, May 2, 8:29 AM PDT · 19514 days ago · 5 km deep · 60 km away
7. 2.613km E of Borrego Springs, CATue, May 1, 8:32 PM PDT · 19514 days ago · 6 km deep · 62 km away
8. 2.816km N of Borrego Springs, CASun, Apr 29, 9:01 PM PDT · 19516 days ago · 6 km deep · 48 km away
9. 2.59km ENE of Pala, CASun, Apr 29, 8:02 PM PDT · 19517 days ago · 3 km deep · 91 km away
10. 1.77km ESE of Moreno Valley, CASat, Apr 28, 12:57 PM PST · 19518 days ago · 13 km deep · 96 km away
11. 2.217km N of Joshua Tree, CAThu, Apr 26, 2:11 PM PST · 19520 days ago · 6 km deep · 57 km away
12. 2.611km ESE of Running Springs, CAMon, Apr 23, 1:04 PM PST · 19523 days ago · 0 km deep · 91 km away
13. 2.68km E of Borrego Springs, CAMon, Apr 16, 4:52 AM PST · 19530 days ago · 6 km deep · 61 km away
14. 2.620km N of Joshua Tree, CAThu, Apr 12, 1:22 PM PST · 19534 days ago · 0 km deep · 62 km away
15. 2.617km N of Joshua Tree, CAThu, Apr 12, 6:06 AM PST · 19534 days ago · 0 km deep · 59 km away
16. 3.418km N of Joshua Tree, CAThu, Apr 12, 5:57 AM PST · 19534 days ago · 6 km deep · 58 km away
17. 2.818km N of Joshua Tree, CAMon, Apr 9, 11:25 AM PST · 19537 days ago · 1 km deep · 59 km away
18. 2.819km N of Joshua Tree, CAMon, Apr 9, 1:46 AM PST · 19537 days ago · 0 km deep · 60 km away
19. 2.815km N of Joshua Tree, CASun, Apr 8, 9:22 PM PST · 19537 days ago · 0 km deep · 56 km away
20. 2.424km N of Joshua Tree, CASun, Apr 8, 8:01 PM PST · 19537 days ago · 6 km deep · 65 km away

From the USGS Earthquake Hazards Program and its partner networks, event ci3319916. Read Mon, Oct 5, 2026, 2:38 PM UTC.