3.4-magnitude quake hits near La Quinta, rattling Southern California, geologists say
An early morning 3.4-magnitude earthquake rattled Southern California, the U.S. Geological Survey reports.
The 3-mile-deep quake hit near La Quinta and the Santa Rosa Mountains in Riverside County at 2:24 a.m., according to the USGS.
So far, 41 people from as far away as Escondido and Murrieta reported feeling the tremor to the agency.
La Quinta is a city with 37,000 people in Coachella Valley. The city is between Indian Wells and Indio and about 25 mile southeast of Palm Springs.
Magnitude measures the energy released at the source of the earthquake, the U.S. Geological Survey says. It replaces the old Richter scale.
Quakes between 2.5 and 5.4 magnitude are often felt but rarely cause much damage, according to Michigan Tech. Quakes below 2.5 magnitude are seldom felt by most people.
This story was originally published October 23, 2022 at 7:13 AM with the headline "3.4-magnitude quake hits near La Quinta, rattling Southern California, geologists say."
