Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

November 13, 1998


The time period covered is 4 pm on Thursday, November 5 (PDT) through 4 pm on Thursday, November 12 (PST). During this period, we detected and analysed 161 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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11/5   4:31 pm  34 20.0  116 57.8  2.0  6 mi. NNW of town of Big Bear Lake, CA
11/6   2:00 am  34  9.3  116 49.5  2.0  3 mi. N of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA     
11/6   3:09 am  35 55.2  117 14.5  2.0  12 mi. NE of Trona, CA              
11/6   3:17 am  32  3.7  116  8.6  2.6  47 mi. S of Ocotillo, CA            
11/6   6:16 am  33  4.4  117 51.4  2.3  28 mi. SSW of Dana Point, CA        
11/6   9:42 am  34  9.4  117 20.7  2.2  3 mi. NNE of Rialto, CA             
11/6  11:11 am  33 39.3  117  3.7  2.0  8 mi. SW of Hemet, CA               
11/6   1:38 pm  33 46.3  117 34.5  2.4  7 mi. S of Corona, CA               
11/6   2:34 pm  34 10.8  118 28.4  2.1  1 mi. WSW of Van Nuys, CA           
11/6   3:54 pm  35 17.9  118 35.7  2.6  14 mi. NW of Tehachapi, CA          
11/6   4:17 pm  32 26.7  115  8.1  2.0  26 mi. SE of Calexico, CA           
11/6   4:20 pm  32 27.2  115  8.2  2.4  25 mi. SE of Calexico, CA           
11/6   4:38 pm  34 59.0  116 57.0  2.3  7 mi. NNE of Barstow, CA            
11/7   3:08 am  34 14.6  118 29.6  2.0  2 mi. SSE of Granada Hills, CA      
11/7   8:50 am  36  5.1  117 37.6  2.4  18 mi. E of Coso Junction, CA       
11/7  10:10 am  34 56.8  117  1.5  2.2  3 mi. N of Barstow, CA              
11/7  10:18 pm  35  6.4  119  4.8  2.3  10 mi. NW of Wheeler Ridge, CA      
11/8   1:07 am  35 55.2  120 29.5  3.1  3 mi. WNW of Parkfield, CA          
11/8  12:50 pm  36  0.0  117 41.4  2.1  14 mi. ESE of Coso Junction, CA     
11/9   1:16 am  34 12.6  117 24.7  2.1  Under Devore, CA                    
11/9   1:18 pm  33 15.4  115 59.4  2.2  2 mi. SW of Salton City, CA         
11/9   9:03 pm  36  6.2  117 50.3  2.3  7 mi. ENE of Coso Junction, CA      
11/10  4:20 am  33 50.0  118 35.7  2.0  10 mi. WNW of Palos Verdes Point, CA
11/10  5:15 am  33 14.6  120 26.1  2.4  52 mi. SSW of Santa Rosa Is., CA    
11/10  6:13 am  32 16.5  118 21.8  3.6  37 mi. S of San Clemente Is., CA 
11/10  7:42 am  36  3.3  117 38.4  2.2  17 mi. E of Coso Junction, CA    
11/10 12:28 pm  34  1.2  116 45.4  2.1  7 mi. NNE of Cabazon, CA         
11/10 12:59 pm  34  9.1  116 25.5  3.5  2 mi. NNE of Yucca Valley, CA - FELT    
11/10  7:43 pm  34  9.3  116 25.1  2.1  2 mi. NNE of Yucca Valley, CA    
11/10  9:40 pm  34  9.5  118 29.7  2.5  Under Encino, CA - FELT                 
11/10 10:07 pm  35 46.0  117 39.1  2.0  10 mi. N of Ridgecrest, CA       
11/10 11:01 pm  36  5.6  117 35.2  2.2  20 mi. E of Coso Junction, CA    
11/11  6:54 pm  35 59.9  118 52.0  2.6  10 mi. SE of Porterville, CA     
11/12 12:31 am  34 20.2  119 55.5  2.1  6 mi. SW of Isla Vista, CA       
11/12  5:53 am  34 30.1  116 29.9  2.1  26 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA     
11/12  8:18 am  32 24.5  115 20.3  2.0  20 mi. SSE of Calexico, CA       
11/12  3:42 pm  34 16.0  116 26.2  2.1  10 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA     
11/12  3:44 pm  34 22.2  116 28.2  2.0  17 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA