Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

November 6, 1998


The time period covered is 4 pm on Thursday, October 29 (PDT) through 4 pm on Thursday, November 5 (PST). During this period, we detected and analysed 226 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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10/29  6:52 pm  34 19.2  116 51.2  2.1  3 mi. N of Big Bear City, CA    
10/29  8:32 pm  34 24.8  116 33.2  2.1  21 mi. NNW of Yucca Valley, CA    
10/30  3:26 am  32  5.7  115 25.0  2.6  39 mi. S of Calexico, CA        
10/30  6:34 am  32 20.1  115  9.6  2.6  30 mi. SE of Calexico, CA        
10/30  7:04 am  34 20.1  116 51.1  2.0  4 mi. N of Big Bear City, CA    
10/30  7:11 am  35 41.2  116 32.2  2.1  24 mi. SW of Shoshone, CA        
10/30  8:54 am  34 19.3  116 51.0  2.3  3 mi. N of Big Bear City, CA    
10/30  9:13 am  34 19.0  116 51.2  2.0  3 mi. N of Big Bear City, CA    
10/30  2:00 pm  34 19.9  116 50.8  2.9  4 mi. N of Big Bear City, CA    
10/30  2:37 pm  34 19.5  116 50.8  2.0  4 mi. N of Big Bear City, CA    
10/30  5:18 pm  34 18.8  116 50.4  2.8  3 mi. NNE of Big Bear City, CA    
10/30  5:40 pm  36  2.0  117 32.3  2.0  20 mi. NNW of Trona, CA           
10/30  5:59 pm  35 18.0  118 35.0  2.3  14 mi. NNW of Tehachapi, CA       
10/30  6:18 pm  34 19.2  116 51.4  2.0  3 mi. N of Big Bear City, CA    
10/30  6:39 pm  34 19.0  116 50.5  2.0  3 mi. N of Big Bear City, CA    
10/30  7:19 pm  32 22.0  118 31.4  2.5  32 mi. SSW of San Clemente Is., CA
10/30  7:46 pm  34 19.6  116 50.4  2.0  4 mi. N of Big Bear City, CA   
10/31 12:17 am  34 13.5  117 26.0  2.1  1 mi. W of Devore, CA          
10/31  4:55 am  34 10.7  116 26.3  2.5  4 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA    
10/31  6:15 am  34  1.6  116 19.2  2.0  7 mi. S of Joshua Tree, CA     
10/31  6:50 am  34 19.4  116 51.1  2.7  3 mi. N of Big Bear City, CA   
10/31 11:45 am  34 55.1  116 55.5  2.3  5 mi. ENE of Barstow, CA         
10/31 10:16 pm  34 49.4  116 38.5  2.1  22 mi. ESE of Barstow, CA        
11/1   1:28 am  34 19.2  116 50.9  3.0  3 mi. N of Big Bear City, CA   
11/1   2:42 am  34 19.2  116 50.4  2.2  3 mi. N of Big Bear City, CA   
11/1   2:43 am  34 19.2  116 50.3  2.0  3 mi. NNE of Big Bear City, CA   
11/1   3:26 am  36  6.0  117 43.3  2.0  13 mi. ENE of Coso Junction, CA  
11/1   3:40 am  33  9.1  115 38.8  2.0  1 mi. SSW of Obsidian Butte, CA  
11/1   7:15 am  32 29.1  115 27.3  2.8  12 mi. S of Calexico, CA       
11/1   6:30 pm  34  1.9  117 17.3  2.1  2 mi. WSW of Loma Linda, CA      
11/1   7:23 pm  34 22.1  116 27.8  2.1  17 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA   
11/1   7:30 pm  35 25.3  119 20.1  2.2  20 mi. NNE of Taft, CA           
11/1   8:36 pm  34 19.2  116 50.3  2.0  3 mi. NNE of Big Bear City, CA   
11/2  12:22 am  34 20.8  116 27.8  2.0  15 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA   
11/2   5:03 am  34 19.0  116 50.6  2.6  3 mi. N of Big Bear City, CA   
11/2   7:51 am  33 10.8  115 35.9  2.0  2 mi. ENE of Obsidian Butte, CA  
11/2   7:51 am  33 11.2  115 36.5  2.5  1 mi. NE of Obsidian Butte, CA  
11/2   7:53 am  33 11.1  115 36.5  3.9  1 mi. ENE of Obsidian Butte, CA; FELT
11/2   8:03 am  33 10.1  115 36.1  2.2  2 mi. E of Obsidian Butte, CA  
11/2  10:02 am  35 55.6  117 14.2  2.1  13 mi. NE of Trona, CA          
11/2  10:17 am  35 55.5  117 14.7  2.2  12 mi. NNE of Trona, CA          
11/2  12:53 pm  33 10.9  115 35.9  2.3  2 mi. ENE of Obsidian Butte, CA  
11/2   2:17 pm  34 19.7  116 51.1  2.4  4 mi. N of Big Bear City, CA   
11/2   9:21 pm  32  4.6  115 25.0  2.5  41 mi. S of Calexico, CA       
11/2  11:17 pm  36  4.4  117 52.5  2.0  4 mi. ENE of Coso Junction, CA   
11/2  11:32 pm  34 36.6  116 36.4  2.2  22 mi. ENE of Lucerne Valley, CA 
11/3   3:51 am  33 10.3  115 37.4  2.6  Under Obsidian Butte, CA  
11/3  10:48 am  34 19.2  116 50.8  2.5  3 mi. N of Big Bear City, CA   
11/3   6:12 pm  33 14.7  115 59.8  2.0  2 mi. SW  of Salton City, CA     
11/3  11:21 pm  34 18.9  116 50.5  3.1  3 mi. N of Big Bear City, CA; FELT
11/3  11:22 pm  34 19.1  116 50.5  2.1  3 mi. N of Big Bear City, CA   
11/3  11:38 pm  34 19.0  116 50.5  2.0  3 mi. N of Big Bear City, CA   
11/4   6:11 am  35 48.5  118 28.3  2.2  11 mi. N of town of Lake Isabella, CA
11/4   6:41 am  34 33.8  116 35.3  2.2  21 mi. ENE of Lucerne Valley, CA 
11/4   6:45 am  34 19.7  116 50.3  2.2  4 mi. N of Big Bear City, CA   
11/4   9:38 am  34 14.7  116 25.9  2.0  8 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA    
11/4   1:49 pm  34  8.2  116 26.8  2.5  1 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA    
11/4   7:38 pm  32 40.7  115 52.3  2.3  8 mi. ESE of Ocotillo, CA        
11/4   8:11 pm  33 56.0  116 57.0  2.9  1 mi. ENE of Beaumont, CA        
11/5  12:02 am  32 59.6  117 44.7  2.1  25 mi. WSW of Oceanside, CA      
11/5   7:57 am  34 12.1  117 24.0  2.1  1 mi. S of Devore, CA          
11/5   8:23 am  34 59.6  116 57.0  2.3  8 mi. NNE of Barstow, CA