Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

August 21, 1998


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, August 13 through 5 pm on Thursday, August 20, local time. During this period, we detected and analysed 215 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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 8/13  5:57 pm  35 56.5  117 19.8  2.3  12 mi. N of Trona, CA
 8/14  8:16 am  34 54.9  116 47.4  2.1  13 mi. E of Barstow, CA
 8/14 12:32 pm  33 18.7  118 52.7  3.0  15 mi. SE of Santa Barbara Is.
 8/14 10:54 pm  32 44.2  115 30.7  2.4  4 mi. SSE of El Centro, CA
 8/15  6:38 am  36  6.4  117 36.5  2.0  19 mi. ENE of Coso Junction, CA
 8/15  9:45 am  33 50.8  117 57.3  2.4  2 mi. SW of Fullerton, CA
 8/15  3:12 pm  33 28.8  116 27.9  2.4  12 mi. ESE of Anza, CA
 8/16  4:26 am  36  0.8  117 42.4  2.2  13 mi. E of Coso Junction, CA
 8/16  4:27 am  36  0.7  117 42.4  2.6  13 mi. E of Coso Junction, CA
 8/16  6:34 am  32 46.1  115 31.9  2.1  2 mi. SE of El Centro, CA
 8/16  6:34 am  34  7.3  116 55.7  4.8  5 mi. WNW of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA
                                        WIDELY FELT
 8/16  6:41 am  34  6.7  116 55.3  2.1  5 mi. W of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA
 8/16  6:47 am  34  7.2  116 55.7  2.0  5 mi. WNW of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA
 8/16  7:23 am  34  6.6  116 55.6  2.4  5 mi. W of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA
 8/16  7:42 am  34  7.2  116 55.5  2.5  5 mi. WNW of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA
 8/16  7:44 am  34  6.4  116 55.4  2.4  5 mi. W of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA
 8/16  8:01 am  34  6.8  116 55.4  2.2  5 mi. W of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA
 8/16  8:15 am  34  7.3  116 55.6  2.5  5 mi. WNW of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA
 8/16  9:55 am  34  6.5  116 55.6  2.6  5 mi. W of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA
 8/16 10:49 am  34 36.1  116 36.2  2.1  22 mi. ENE of Lucerne Valley, CA
 8/16 12:05 pm  34  6.6  116 55.5  3.0  5 mi. W of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA
 8/16  8:56 pm  35 56.6  117 19.8  2.6  12 mi. N of Trona, CA
 8/16  9:01 pm  34  6.9  116 55.2  2.0  5 mi. W of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA
 8/17 12:24 am  34 20.4  116 26.6  2.0  15 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA
 8/17  2:44 am  34 16.3  117 12.1  3.5  1 mi. NNW of Lake Arrowhead, CA
                                        FELT
 8/17  7:13 am  34  7.4  116 55.8  2.0  6 mi. WNW of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA
 8/17 11:51 am  34  9.4  116 25.7  2.0  2 mi. NNE of Yucca Valley, CA
 8/17  4:18 pm  34  7.3  116 55.8  3.2  6 mi. WNW of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA
 8/18  8:36 am  32 58.3  117 48.2  2.4  28 mi. WSW of Oceanside, CA
 8/18 11:14 am  34  6.9  116 55.5  2.1  5 mi. W of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA
 8/18 11:21 am  34  2.3  116 18.9  2.2  6 mi. S of Joshua Tree, CA
 8/18  1:31 pm  33 19.3  118 52.3  2.3  15 mi. SE of Santa Barbara Is.
 8/18  2:31 pm  34 42.3  120 17.4  2.0  8 mi. NW of Buellton, CA
 8/19 12:58 am  34  6.6  116 55.4  2.0  5 mi. W of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA
 8/19  4:35 am  32 11.2  116 46.9  2.1  29 mi. SSE of San Ysidro, CA
 8/19  5:30 pm  34  6.8  116 55.4  2.3  5 mi. W of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA
 8/20  3:49 pm  34  6.7  116 55.5  2.5  5 mi. W of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA
 8/20  4:28 pm  36  8.8  118  3.1  2.0  9 mi. SSW of Olancha, CA
 8/20  4:37 pm  34 22.4  117 39.0  2.1  1 mi. NW of Wrightwood, CA
 8/20  4:49 pm  34 22.4  117 38.9  4.4  1 mi. NW of Wrightwood, CA
                                        WIDELY FELT