{"id":141129,"date":"2026-01-20T06:16:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T06:16:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/141129\/"},"modified":"2026-01-20T06:16:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-20T06:16:10","slug":"nearly-5-0-earthquake-felt-in-san-diego-orange-county-and-temecula","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/141129\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearly 5.0 earthquake felt in San Diego, Orange County and Temecula"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"503\" height=\"528\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fcadcfff3d1fa588be4133ea710110d6.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Nearly 5.0 earthquake felt in San Diego, Orange County and Temecula<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">(FOX 5\/KUSI) \u2014 Did you feel it? A 4.9 magnitude earthquake was reported about 12 miles northeast of Indio, California Monday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (<a href=\"https:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/eventpage\/ew1768874180\/executive\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:USGS;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">USGS<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">The video above is from 2024 and explains how to prepare for a major earthquake<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">It was initially reported around 5:56 p.m. Preliminary data estimates the quake had a depth of about two miles.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Coordinates show it initially struck northeast of Dillon and Thousand Palms Canyon Roads, near the Pinyon Well area.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/fox5sandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-19-181614.png\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"503\" height=\"528\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/fcadcfff3d1fa588be4133ea710110d6.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Several reports indicate the earthquake was felt throughout San Diego, including La Jolla and Mission Valley, and even parts of Orange County and Temecula. You can report if you <a href=\"https:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/eventpage\/ew1768874180\/tellus\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:felt the quake;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">felt the quake<\/a> on the USGS website.<\/p>\n<p><a data-ylk=\"ct:story;elm:img;itc:0;\" class=\"stretched-box\" href=\"https:\/\/fox5sandiego.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/15\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-19-181732.png\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"610\" height=\"676\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/ff5e36123ea28569661d7c1033c3090f.jpeg\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">No injuries or damage have been reported.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\">Copyright 2026 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><a href=\"https:\/\/fox5sandiego.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX 5 San Diego &amp; KUSI News.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX 5 San Diego &amp; KUSI News. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Nearly 5.0 earthquake felt in San Diego, Orange County and Temecula (FOX 5\/KUSI) \u2014 Did you feel it?&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":141130,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[48839,74,76,75,8955],"class_list":["post-141129","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-diego","tag-magnitude-earthquake","tag-san-diego","tag-san-diego-headlines","tag-san-diego-news","tag-u-s-geological-survey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141129","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=141129"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/141129\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/141130"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=141129"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=141129"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=141129"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}