Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

May 1, 1998


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, April 23 through 5 pm on Thursday, April 30. During this period, we detected and analysed 260 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(PDT) Lat.     Long.     Mag. Descriptive location
-----------------------------------------------------------
4/23  5:56 pm  36  4.3  117 38.5  2.4  17 mi. E of Coso Junction
4/23  7:13 pm  33 58.8  116 58.0  2.2  3 mi. N of Beaumont
4/23  9:39 pm  34 38.6  116 30.5  2.3  28 mi. ENE of Lucerne Valley
4/24  2:10 am  35 33.4  118 18.3  2.1  10 mi. ESE of town of Lake Isabella
4/24  5:57 am  36  5.5  117 36.2  2.3  19 mi. E of Coso Junction
4/24  9:34 am  35 57.3  117 30.2  2.2  14 mi. NNW of Trona
4/24 10: 3 am  34 15.8  117 38.6  2.8  1 mi. S of Mt. Baldy
4/24 11:30 am  35 46.6  117 37.3  2.3  11 mi. NNE of Ridgecrest
4/24 11:55 am  35 46.9  117 37.4  2.1  11 mi. NNE of Ridgecrest
4/24  2:51 pm  34 55.8  116 56.0  2.1  5 mi. ENE of Barstow
4/24  3: 8 pm  34 55.6  119  1.0  2.7  5 mi. WSW of Grapevine
4/24  3:10 pm  33 46.2  116  7.3  2.1  6 mi. NE  of Indio
4/24  3:43 pm  34 37.7  116 35.6  2.7  23 mi. ENE of Lucerne Valley
4/24 11:23 pm  34  2.3  118 20.4  2.0  1 mi. SSE of La Brea tar pits
4/25 12: 7 am  32 59.2  117 45.5  3.0  26 mi. WSW of Oceanside
4/25  1:43 am  33  0.7  117 46.0  2.0  25 mi. WSW of Oceanside
4/25  2:58 am  34 23.5  119 17.2  2.1  4 mi. SSW of Ojai
4/25  6:50 am  33  0.3  117 46.3  2.1  26 mi. WSW of Oceanside
4/25  7: 8 am  36  3.2  117 51.5  2.1  5 mi. E of Coso Junction
4/25  9:52 am  33 42.4  118 44.9  2.8  20 mi. S of Pt. Dume
4/25  1: 1 pm  34  1.6  117 15.9  2.0  1 mi. SSW of Loma Linda
4/25  6:32 pm  34  5.0  118  6.3  3.8  1 mi. SSW of San Gabriel; FELT
4/25  7:56 pm  34  4.8  118  6.4  2.6  1 mi. SSW of San Gabriel
4/25  8: 7 pm  36  3.4  117 51.1  2.2  5 mi. E of Coso Junction
4/26  8: 1 am  32 30.1  115 17.2  2.5  16 mi. SE of Calexico
4/26 11:54 am  36  1.3  118  0.9  2.1  4 mi. WSW of Coso Junction
4/26 12:56 pm  32 28.1  115 16.6  2.4  18 mi. SE of Calexico
4/26  2:12 pm  32 46.0  115 26.3  2.0  7 mi. NNE of Calexico
4/26  5:25 pm  34 30.5  116 30.5  2.0  27 mi. N of Yucca Valley
4/26  6:29 pm  36  1.4  118  0.9  2.4  4 mi. WSW of Coso Junction
4/26  7: 3 pm  33  0.4  117 45.5  2.0  25 mi. WSW of Oceanside
4/26  8:20 pm  34  6.1  117  0.1  2.3  5 mi. NNE of Yucaipa
4/26 10:18 pm  32 29.5  115 13.3  2.5  20 mi. SE of Calexico
4/26 11:12 pm  36  8.0  117 41.3  2.5  15 mi. ENE of Coso Junction
4/27  1:52 am  36  4.6  117 37.1  2.4  18 mi. E of Coso Junction
4/27  5:12 pm  34 18.0  118 27.6  2.4  1 mi. NW of Pacoima; FELT
4/27  5:12 pm  34 17.1  118 27.2  2.1  1 mi. W of Pacoima
4/27  5:12 pm  34 17.0  118 26.8  2.1  1 mi. W of Pacoima
4/27 11:32 pm  32 21.3  115 20.1  2.4  23 mi. SSE of Calexico
4/27 11:56 pm  33  0.0  117 45.1  2.6  25 mi. WSW of Oceanside
4/28 12: 3 am  32 21.5  115 20.3  2.7  23 mi. SSE of Calexico
4/28  1:38 am  32 21.5  115 21.2  2.3  22 mi. SSE of Calexico
4/28  7:56 am  36 10.6  118  2.0  2.0  7 mi. SSW of Olancha
4/28 10: 2 am  32 43.6  115 29.7  2.3  4 mi. N of Calexico
4/28  2:10 pm  35 17.5  118 32.1  2.4  12 mi. NNW of Tehachapi
4/28  8:45 pm  36  4.7  117 50.9  3.0  6 mi. ENE of Coso Junction
4/29  3:38 am  34 10.4  118 33.8  2.1  2 mi. E of Woodland Hills
4/29  4:56 am  34 10.2  117 27.0  2.2  4 mi. N of Fontana
4/29  4: 6 pm  33 11.5  115 56.6  2.0  6 mi. SSE of Salton City
4/29  5:32 pm  35 36.7  117  3.4  2.2  20 mi. NNW of Goldstone Lake
4/29 11:44 pm  32 19.4  115 15.2  2.3  27 mi. SSE of Calexico
4/30  9: 4 am  36  0.4  117 48.3  2.3  8 mi. ESE of Coso Junction
4/30  2:58 pm  34  2.1  117 18.2  2.0  3 mi. WSW of Loma Linda