{"id":140973,"date":"2026-01-20T03:48:13","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T03:48:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/140973\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T03:48:13","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T03:48:13","slug":"indio-california-earthquake-tremors-felt-in-san-diego-palm-springs-temecula-riverside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/140973\/","title":{"rendered":"Indio, California earthquake: Tremors felt in San Diego, Palm Springs, Temecula, Riverside"},"content":{"rendered":"

A 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck Indio, California, on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The tremors were felt across Southern California, including San Diego, Palm Springs, Temecula, and Riverside.<\/p>\n

\"AnAn earthquake hit California on Monday. (Unsplash)<\/p>\n

The earthquake struck the region shortly before 9 p.m. EDT on Monday, at a shallow depth of 3 kilometers. The epicenter was located approximately 19 km north-northeast of Indio, California.<\/p>\n

The earthquake<\/a> was initially reported as a 5.1-magnitude event but has since been downgraded to 4.9, according to the USGS.<\/p>\n

Also Read: Ladakh earthquake: Tremors of 5.7 magnitude jolt Leh, govt issues advisory<\/a><\/p>\n

Social media reports<\/p>\n

Several residents across California took to social media to share that they felt the tremors.<\/p>\n

One person wrote on X, “WHOA! Felt an earthquake here in Orange, CA. Felt my apartment building sway! Who else felt it and where are you located?”<\/p>\n

Another added, “Earthquake felt strong in Twentynine Palms. Got a phone alert for imminent earthquake, after the earthquake.”<\/p>\n

A third resident reported, \u201cThere\u2019s been 4-5 aftershocks now following the initial earthquake.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another person joked, \u201cThe earthquake reaching San Diego earlier tonight was more exciting than the first half of the CFBPlayoff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Another user reported, “We just had a 5.1 earthquake about 25 miles away. No damage but some rocking and rolling.”<\/p>\n

One resident shared, “Feel it, did you? An earthquake north of Indio kind of near (but perhaps not on) The San Andreas Fault. Been a few aftershocks. What does it mean? California is a very seismic friendly active state. Foreshock? Maybe, maybe not. Only one way to find out.”<\/p>\n

Also Read: Earthquake of magnitude 4 hits Afghanistan, second time in one day<\/a><\/p>\n

So far, there have been no reports of injuries or damage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 4.9-magnitude earthquake struck Indio, California, on Monday, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). The tremors…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":140974,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[7,7107,71089,9549,74,71090,76,75,17727],"class_list":["post-140973","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-california","tag-california-earthquake","tag-indio-earthquak","tag-palm-springs","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-earthquak","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-temecula"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140973","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140973"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140973\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/140974"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140973"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140973"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140973"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}