Recent Earthquakes in California and Nevada
== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==
Southern California Seismic Network: a cooperative project of
U.S. Geological Survey, Pasadena California
Caltech Seismological Laboratory, Pasadena, California
Version #6: This report supersedes any earlier reports of this event. This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
A micro earthquake occurred at 7:01:22 AM (PDT) on Sunday, March 15, 2026.
The magnitude 2.5 event occurred 8 km (5 miles) ENE (65 degrees) of Desert Hot Springs, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 3 km ( 2 miles).
| Magnitude | 2.5 - local magnitude (Ml) |
| Time | Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 7:01:22 AM (PDT) Sunday, March 15, 2026 at 14:01:22 (UTC) |
| Distance from |
Desert Hot Springs, CA - 8 km (5 miles) ENE (65 degrees) Yucca Valley, CA - 14 km (9 miles) S (177 degrees) Garnet, CA - 15 km (9 miles) NE (48 degrees) Morongo Valley, CA - 16 km (10 miles) ESE (114 degrees) Thousand Palms, CA - 19 km (12 miles) N (350 degrees) |
| Coordinates | 33 deg. 59.4 min. N (33.990N), 116 deg. 25.5 min. W (116.426W) |
| Depth | 2.60 km (1.60 miles) |
| Quality | Good |
| Location Quality Parameters | Nst=80, Nph=150, Dmin=5.7 km, Rmss=0.15 sec, Erho=0.11 km, Erzz=0.23 km, Gp=47 degrees |
| Event ID# | ci41204575 |
| Additional Information | Map |
For more information, see https://earthquake.usgs.gov
[
Index map ||
Big earthquake list ||
All earthquake list ||
Glossary of terms ||
Top page
]
[
Did you feel it? ||
ShakeMaps
|| Relative2Me
]
[ Data Sources ]
Special maps
Long Valley || Los Angeles || San Francisco
Data Sources
US and World - USGS/NEIC = National Earthquake Information Center
Northern California - UCB = University of California, Berkeley
Southern California - Caltech = California Institute of Technology
Nevada - UNR = University of Nevada, Reno
Offshore = West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
...all members of the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS)
