Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

June 19, 1998


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, June 11 through 5 pm on Thursday, June 18. During this period, we detected and analysed 178 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
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 6/11 11:21 pm  33 48.7  117 49.9  2.4  2 mi. NE of Orange, CA
 6/12  8:49 am  36  4.2  117 50.1  2.1  6 mi. ENE of Coso Junction, CA
 6/12 10:35 am  33 58.6  118 19.5  2.0  1 mi. N of Inglewood, CA
 6/12  6:00 pm  32 33.4  117 24.6  2.2  17 mi. SSW of Mission Beach, CA
 6/12  7:17 pm  32 53.3  115 30.6  2.2  5 mi. SSE of Brawley, CA
 6/13  9:17 am  35 41.3  117 33.1  2.5  7 mi. NE of Ridgecrest, CA
 6/13  4:33 pm  36 24.7  117 47.8  2.2  14 mi. NE of Olancha, CA
 6/13  5:04 pm  36  5.1  117 36.2  2.0  19 mi. E of Coso Junction, CA
 6/14  5:32 am  34 19.0  118 27.6  2.3  2 mi. NNW of San Fernando, CA
 6/14 10:33 am  33  3.6  117 55.8  3.7  30 mi. SSW of Dana Point, CA; FELT
 6/14  2:35 pm  34 17.4  116 27.3  2.0  11 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA
 6/14  9:55 pm  33 39.6  117 55.0  2.7  3 mi. NNE of Newport Beach, CA; FELT
 6/15 12:06 am  33  3.4  117 55.0  2.1  30 mi. SSW of Dana Point, CA
 6/15  1:53 am  34 23.1  116 28.2  2.0  18 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA
 6/15  2:07 am  34 18.2  116 27.2  2.7  12 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA
 6/15  8:03 am  34 33.1  116 31.6  2.1  24 mi. ENE of Lucerne Valley, CA
 6/15  8:05 am  32 36.3  116  4.1  2.0  9 mi. SSW of Ocotillo, CA
 6/15  8:07 am  34 33.4  116 31.6  2.5  25 mi. ENE of Lucerne Valley, CA
 6/15  8:33 am  33 34.9  116 38.2  2.1  2 mi. NE of Anza, CA
 6/15 12:24 pm  32 36.1  116  4.3  2.4  10 mi. SSW of Ocotillo, CA
 6/16  3:23 am  33 35.8  116 56.8  2.2  10 mi. S of Hemet, CA
 6/16  4:49 am  32 35.7  116  4.6  2.7  10 mi. SSW of Ocotillo, CA
 6/16  8:42 am  33 20.4  116 14.9  3.3  9 mi. NE of Borrego Springs, CA
 6/16  3:07 pm  33 43.7  120  3.2  2.8  15 mi. S of Santa Rosa Is., CA
 6/16  8:19 pm  34 16.8  116 57.6  3.0  3 mi. NW of town of Big Bear Lake, CA
                                        FELT
 6/16  8:39 pm  33 49.7  120  4.8  2.6  8 mi. S of Santa Rosa Is., CA
 6/16  8:45 pm  34 16.4  116 57.7  3.3  3 mi. NW of town of Big Bear Lake, CA
                                        FELT
 6/16 11:36 pm  34  1.7  116 54.5  2.8  7 mi. NNW of Banning, CA
 6/17 11:51 am  34 16.3  118 34.7  3.2  1 mi. ENE of Chatsworth, CA; FELT
 6/17 11:51 am  34 16.6  118 34.6  3.9  2 mi. NE of Chatsworth, CA; FELT
 6/17  7:30 pm  33 23.0  116 23.8  2.0  9 mi. N of Borrego Springs, CA
 6/18 11:55 am  35  3.8  118 53.5  2.0  4 mi. NE of Wheeler Ridge, CA
 6/18 12:43 pm  34 33.3  118 53.9  2.2  11 mi. N of Fillmore, CA
 6/18  2:57 pm  34 29.1  116 27.2  2.6  25 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA
 6/18  4:04 pm  36  5.1  117 39.1  2.0  16 mi. E of Coso Junction, CA