Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

November 20, 1998


The time period covered is 4 pm on Thursday, November 12 (PDT) through 4 pm on Thursday, November 19 (PST). During this period, we detected and analysed 167 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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11/13  8:58 am  34 22.2  116 28.2  2.2  17 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA     
11/13 11:57 am  35  3.7  117  6.7  2.4  13 mi. NNW of Barstow, CA        
11/13  1:26 pm  35 16.9  118 32.0  2.3  11 mi. NNW of Tehachapi, CA      
11/13  4:13 pm  34 19.5  116 50.5  2.3  4 mi. N of Big Bear City, CA     
11/13  7:26 pm  33 27.6  116 26.4  2.6  14 mi. NNW of Borrego Springs, CA
11/13  9:57 pm  34  0.6  117 10.6  2.0  3 mi. S of Redlands, CA          
11/14  4:39 am  34  6.1  116 56.0  2.2  6 mi. W of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA  
11/14  6:07 am  36  4.1  117 38.0  2.2  17 mi. E of Coso Junction, CA    
11/14  9:03 am  32 57.5  117 45.5  2.2  27 mi. SW of Oceanside, CA       
11/14 10:21 am  35 18.0  118 35.8  2.4  14 mi. NW of Tehachapi, CA       
11/14  3:19 pm  34 29.6  119  6.5  2.6  8 mi. ENE of Ojai, CA            
11/14  6:41 pm  34  0.7  116 19.2  2.0  8 mi. S of Joshua Tree, CA       
11/14 10:16 pm  35 18.1  118 29.0  2.1  12 mi. N of Tehachapi, CA        
11/15  3:14 am  33 13.4  116  3.9  3.3  6 mi. NE of Ocotillo Wells, CA   
11/15 11:34 pm  32 56.2  116 14.1  2.1  15 mi. SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA 
11/16 12:12 am  34  9.3  116 25.1  2.1  2 mi. NNE of Yucca Valley, CA    
11/16  3:19 am  32 24.7  115 19.8  2.6  20 mi. SSE of Calexico, CA       
11/16  4:23 am  32 23.4  115 19.8  2.0  21 mi. SSE of Calexico, CA       
11/16  7:27 am  33 42.0  116 48.9  2.1  6 mi. WSW of Idyllwild, CA       
11/16 10:41 am  34  9.1  116 25.7  2.3  2 mi. NNE of Yucca Valley, CA    
11/16 11:10 am  35  9.9  119 11.1  2.0  15 mi. E of Taft, CA             
11/16  4:41 pm  32 25.0  115 19.6  2.2  19 mi. SSE of Calexico, CA       
11/17  8:13 am  34 38.4  116 31.5  2.2  27 mi. ENE of Lucerne Valley, CA 
11/17 10:14 am  34  9.2  116 25.6  2.2  2 mi. NNE of Yucca Valley, CA    
11/17 12:44 pm  36  4.0  118  0.5  2.0  3 mi. WNW of Coso Junction, CA   
11/17  1:44 pm  32  0.7  116 18.0  3.0  53 mi. SSW of Ocotillo, CA       
11/17  3:44 pm  33 21.4  115 42.3  2.0  1 mi. ENE of Bombay Beach, CA    
11/17  6:29 pm  34 19.3  119 16.0  2.4  3 mi. NNE of Ventura, CA         
11/17 10:27 pm  36  2.6  117 42.9  2.1  12 mi. E of Coso Junction, CA    
11/17 10:46 pm  33 28.0  116 30.3  2.0  11 mi. ESE of Anza, CA           
11/17 11:14 pm  32 39.4  117 21.0  2.1  10 mi. SW of Mission Beach, CA   
11/18  7:49 am  34 19.8  116 50.5  2.9  4 mi. N of Big Bear City, CA     
11/18  8:50 am  34 17.2  118 45.5  2.0  2 mi. WNW of Simi Valley, CA     
11/18 10:38 am  34 19.1  116 50.4  2.3  3 mi. NNE of Big Bear City, CA   
11/18 12:13 pm  34 19.5  118 28.1  2.8  3 mi. NNW of San Fernando, CA - FELT   
11/18 12:30 pm  34 19.7  116 51.0  2.2  4 mi. N of Big Bear City, CA     
11/18  2:37 pm  33 55.2  118 44.6  2.1  6 mi. SSE of Pt. Dume, CA        
11/18  3:39 pm  35 58.8  117 49.7  2.0  8 mi. ESE of Coso Junction, CA   
11/18  4:15 pm  33 40.5  117  1.2  2.4  5 mi. SSW of Hemet, CA           
11/18  5:03 pm  32  6.5  115 25.0  2.5  38 mi. S of Calexico, CA         
11/18  6:20 pm  33 41.0  116 47.9  2.0  6 mi. SW of Idyllwild, CA        
11/18  8:29 pm  33 47.3  118 35.9  2.0  9 mi. W of Palos Verdes Point, CA
11/18 10:24 pm  32  0.9  115 25.4  2.9  45 mi. S of Calexico, CA         
11/18 10:33 pm  32  4.8  115 26.1  2.6  40 mi. S of Calexico, CA         
11/18 11:08 pm  35 58.7  117 49.7  2.1  8 mi. SE of Coso Junction, CA    
11/19  2:21 am  34 19.7  116 50.1  2.1  4 mi. NNE of Big Bear City, CA   
11/19 11:27 am  33 10.6  115 35.3  2.1  2 mi. E of Obsidian Butte, CA