Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

Nick Scheckel , Seismological Laboratory
Lucy Jones, U. S. Geological Survey
California Institute of Technology

September 3, 1998


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, August 27 through 5 pm on Thursday, September 3. During this period, we detected and analysed 206 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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 8/28  3:04 am  36 58.6  117 27.2  2.4  30 mi. NNW of Stovepipe Wells, CA     
 8/28  8:03 am  35 35.3  116 59.2  2.4  17 mi. NNW of Goldstone Lake, CA      
 8/28  2:56 pm  33 19.1  118 18.7  2.6  1 mi. SSE of Avalon, Catalina Island, CA   
 8/28  6:58 pm  34 21.6  116 25.4  2.5  16 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA        
 8/28  9:22 pm  34 21.8  116 27.3  2.2  16 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA        
 8/28 11:30 pm  33 15.3  116  0.1  2.1  2 mi. SW of Salton City, CA          
 8/29  5:54 am  34  7.3  116 55.5  2.1  5 mi. WNW of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA     
 8/29  9:59 am  35 46.7  117 38.9  2.2  10 mi. N of Ridgecrest, CA          
 8/29 11:57 am  34 59.3  116 56.7  2.1  8 mi. NNE of Barstow, CA              
 8/30  1:23 am  34  1.5  116 19.1  2.5  7 mi. S of Joshua Tree, CA          
 8/30  8:26 am  35 43.5  117 39.9  2.2  7 mi. N of Ridgecrest, CA           
 8/30 11:03 am  33 15.9  116  7.4  2.1  8 mi. N of Ocotillo Wells, CA       
 8/30  4:01 pm  35  8.9  117 21.5  2.9  19 mi. ENE of Boron, CA               
 8/30  5:08 pm  34  6.5  116 55.1  3.0  5 mi. W of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA     
 8/31  2:25 am  34  4.9  118  9.7  2.0  2 mi. SSW of South Pasadena, CA       
 8/31  3:20 am  34 37.7  116 32.3  2.0  26 mi. ENE of Lucerne Valley, CA      
 9/ 1  3:44 am  35 30.4  119 14.4  2.1  16 mi. NW of Bakersfield, CA         
 9/ 1  4:56 am  36  4.2  117 49.8  2.3  6 mi. ENE of Coso Junction, CA        
 9/ 1  5:18 am  33 38.5  116 43.4  2.1  6 mi. NNW of Anza, CA                 
 9/ 1  5:48 am  32 59.8  115 34.6  2.3  3 mi. NW of Brawley, CA              
 9/ 1  9:52 am  36  4.9  117 36.3  2.5  19 mi. E of Coso Junction, CA       
 9/ 1 10:36 pm  34 59.4  116 57.1  2.2  8 mi. NNE of Barstow, CA              
 9/ 1 11:58 pm  33 57.6  116 58.0  2.4  2 mi. NNE of Beaumont, CA             
 9/ 2  2:03 pm  34 26.0  118 34.9  2.1  2 mi. NNW of Valencia, CA             
 9/ 2  5:30 pm  34  7.1  116 55.8  2.7  6 mi. WNW of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA     
 9/ 2  5:46 pm  35 28.1  118 24.8  2.2  11 mi. SSE of town of Lake Isabella, CA     
 9/ 3  1:09 am  32 16.6  115  8.7  2.9  33 mi. SE of Calexico, CA            
 9/ 3  3:47 am  33 56.3  118 17.7  2.4  2 mi. SE of Inglewood, CA            
 9/ 3  5:09 am  33 56.4  118 17.7  2.0  2 mi. SE of Inglewood, CA            
 9/ 3  5:19 am  33 56.1  118 18.0  2.0  2 mi. SE of Inglewood, CA            
 9/ 3  8:31 am  34  6.5  116 55.3  2.1  5 mi. W of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA     
 9/ 3 12:42 pm  34  6.8  116 55.5  2.0  5 mi. W of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA     
 9/ 3  1:55 pm  33 57.5  116 57.8  2.3  2 mi. NNE of Beaumont, CA