4.9-magnitude earthquake centered near Indio shakes up Southern California

A moderate earthquake and a series of aftershocks centered near Indio rattled portions of Southern California on Monday evening, Jan. 19, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The 4.9-magnitude earthquake hit at 5:56 p.m., 11 miles north-northeast of Indio, the USGS said.

The shaking was felt well south of Indio.

“I don’t love being 28 stories up in a San Diego high-rise during an earthquake,” Joe Leventhal wrote on X a few minutes after the earthquake.

Aftershocks measured at magnitudes 3.3...