Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

Kate Hutton , Seismological Laboratory
Lucy Jones, U. S. Geological Survey
California Institute of Technology

February 5, 1999


The time period covered is 4 pm on Thursday, January 28 (PST) through 4 pm on Thursday, February 4 (PST). During this period, we detected and analysed 224 earthquakes. Click here to see a map.

The table below lists the quakes during the past week that were M2.0 or larger in the central part of the coverage area. In the perepheral areas, quakes larger than M2.5 are listed. Times are local times; if you want Greenwich Mean Time, add 7 hrs to the Pacific Daylight Time or 8 hrs to the Pacific Standard Time listed.

Date  Time      Lat.     Long.     Mag. Descriptive location
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 1/28  6:37 pm  36  0.5  117 48.4  2.0  8 mi. ESE of Coso Junction, CA     
 1/29  9:31 am  36  4.7  117 35.4  2.0  20 mi. E of Coso Junction, CA      
 1/29 10:10 am  35 19.0  118 32.5  2.1  14 mi. NNW of Tehachapi, CA        
 1/29 10:41 pm  35 56.0  117 42.6  2.1  15 mi. ESE of Coso Junction, CA    
 1/30 12:24 am  32 45.5  118  2.2  2.6  18 mi. ESE of San Clemente Is., CA 
 1/30  2:12 am  34  7.3  116 55.7  2.0  5 mi. WNW of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA
 1/30  2:20 am  33 13.5  116 45.6  2.1  Under Lake Henshaw, CA           
 1/30  3:06 am  33 15.3  116  4.7  2.3  6 mi. WSW of Salton City, CA     
 1/30  5:17 am  33 55.9  116 42.8  2.2  4 mi. E of Cabazon, CA           
 1/30  6:43 am  36  4.0  119 34.3  2.9  23 mi. SW of Visalia, CA         
 1/30  6:55 am  34 18.9  116 50.5  2.1  3 mi. NNE of Big Bear City, CA   
 1/30  1:35 pm  34 25.7  119  1.9  2.5  6 mi. WNW of Fillmore, CA        
 1/30  3:24 pm  34  5.2  117 26.0  3.6  1 mi. S of Fontana, CA; FELT   
 1/30  3:59 pm  34  5.1  117 26.3  2.3  1 mi. S of Fontana, CA           
 1/30  4:06 pm  34  5.0  117 26.5  2.1  1 mi. SSW of Fontana, CA         
 1/30  5:10 pm  33 19.5  116 20.3  2.0  5 mi. NNE of Borrego Springs, CA 
 1/30 11:55 pm  35 20.5  118 32.4  3.0  15 mi. NNW of Tehachapi, CA      
 1/31  3:13 am  35 20.6  118 32.6  2.3  15 mi. NNW of Tehachapi, CA      
 1/31  9:40 am  34 36.5  116 34.7  2.2  23 mi. ENE of Lucerne Valley, CA 
 1/31 12:14 pm  34 19.3  116 50.5  2.4  4 mi. N of Big Bear City, CA     
 1/31  7:32 pm  33 33.0  116 40.0  2.3  Under Anza, CA                      
 1/31  8:39 pm  32  6.1  115 23.8  2.0  39 mi. S of Calexico, CA         
 2/1   1:38 am  34 13.2  117 26.8  2.2  2 mi. W of Devore, CA            
 2/1   6:54 am  34  5.4  117 25.9  2.0  1 mi. S of Fontana, CA           
 2/1  12:10 pm  34 37.1  116 40.2  2.3  19 mi. NE of Lucerne Valley, CA  
 2/1   3:33 pm  32 41.9  116  0.7  2.3  2 mi. SSW of Ocotillo, CA        
 2/1   4:14 pm  36  3.6  117 51.2  2.4  5 mi. ENE of Coso Junction, CA   
 2/1   7:18 pm  34  5.1  117 26.6  2.6  1 mi. SSW of Fontana, CA; FELT
 2/1   7:53 pm  36  2.7  117 42.9  3.2  13 mi. E of Coso Junction, CA    
 2/2   3:15 am  32 25.4  115 20.1  2.5  19 mi. SSE of Calexico, CA       
 2/2   6:36 am  32  2.3  115  8.8  3.1  48 mi. SSE of Calexico, CA       
 2/2   6:38 am  32 14.8  115 50.8  2.0  34 mi. SSE of Ocotillo, CA       
 2/2   7:23 am  32  2.6  115  8.7  2.9  47 mi. SSE of Calexico, CA       
 2/2   9:24 am  32 24.0  115 20.8  2.0  20 mi. SSE of Calexico, CA       
 2/2  10:40 am  32 26.6  115 21.4  2.1  17 mi. SSE of Calexico, CA       
 2/2  12:22 pm  34 18.5  116 27.0  2.0  13 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA     
 2/2  11:29 pm  33 58.3  116 54.0  2.0  3 mi. NNW of Banning, CA         
 2/3   1:55 am  34  6.8  116 55.2  2.1  5 mi. W of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA  
 2/3   7:31 am  36 27.7  117 31.1  2.0  22 mi. WSW of Stovepipe Wells, CA
 2/3   1:54 pm  33  7.1  115 37.8  2.1  3 mi. S of Obsidian Butte, CA    
 2/4   5:02 am  35 20.5  118 32.4  3.1  15 mi. NNW of Tehachapi, CA      
 2/4   7:23 am  33 10.8  115 34.1  2.5  4 mi. E of Obsidian Butte, CA    
 2/4   7:30 am  33 10.0  115 36.4  2.2  1 mi. E of Obsidian Butte, CA    
 2/4   9:00 am  33  9.8  115 36.2  2.0  2 mi. ESE of Obsidian Butte, CA  
 2/4  12:15 pm  33 11.1  115 34.4  2.4  3 mi. ENE of Obsidian Butte, CA  
 2/4  12:26 pm  33 11.3  115 34.3  2.5  3 mi. ENE of Obsidian Butte, CA  
 2/4  12:39 pm  34  4.9  117 26.4  2.1  1 mi. S of Fontana, CA           
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