Riverside, CA – A cluster of small earthquakes struck along the I-10 corridor early Thursday morning, according to new data from the U.S. Geological Survey. The quakes, all between magnitude 2.5 and 2.6, occurred from late Wednesday night into Thursday morning across portions of Riverside County and the Coachella Valley.
According to USGS seismic records, the first quake—a magnitude 2.5—hit at 12 km ENE of Thermal on Wednesday at 12:21 a.m. PST. Roughly 13 hours later, a magnitude 2.6 quake struck 17 km ENE of Thousand Palms at 5:32 a.m. PST. The most recent event, a magnitude 2.5, occurred 2 km east of San Jacinto at 1:34 a.m. PST.
All three quakes occurred at depths between 8 km and 14 km, typical for the seismically active region that sits atop the San Jacinto Fault Zone, one of Southern California’s most active faults. While these magnitudes are considered minor, residents sometimes report light shaking, especially in communities closer to the epicenters…