Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

February 19, 1999


The time period covered is 4 pm on Thursday, February 11 (PST) through 4 pm on Thursday, February 18 (PST). During this period, we detected and analysed 179 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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 2/11  4:48 pm  36 10.7  117 51.2  2.7  10 mi. NNE of Coso Junction, CA  
 2/11  6:20 pm  34  5.3  117 26.6  2.6  1 mi. SSW of Fontana, CA; FELT
 2/11  7:17 pm  34  5.4  117 26.2  2.1  1 mi. S of Fontana, CA           
 2/11  9:18 pm  34  0.3  118 23.1  2.0  Under Baldwin Hills, CA          
 2/12  1:09 am  34 13.3  116 51.0  2.0  3 mi. S of Big Bear City, CA     
 2/12  7:59 am  33 52.4  118 15.9  2.3  3 mi. NNE of Carson, CA          
 2/12  5:39 pm  34 18.8  116 27.5  2.1  13 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA     
 2/13  5:16 pm  34 21.4  116 27.7  2.4  16 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA     
 2/13 11:59 pm  32 47.5  117 53.0  2.1  26 mi. E of San Clemente Is., CA 
 2/14 12:29 am  32 45.5  118 11.6  2.0  9 mi. ESE of San Clemente Is., CA
 2/14  3:10 am  34 14.9  118 41.6  2.0  2 mi. SSE of Simi Valley, CA     
 2/14  7:27 am  34 14.1  118 41.1  2.2  3 mi. SSE of Simi Valley, CA     
 2/14  8:28 am  33 45.1  118 16.2  2.2  3 mi. NNE of Pt. Fermin, San Pedro, CA
 2/14  9:23 am  34 59.7  116 56.8  2.0  8 mi. NNE of Barstow, CA      
 2/14 11:04 am  36  4.2  117 50.8  2.2  5 mi. ENE of Coso Junction, CA
 2/15  7:32 am  34 23.8  116 27.9  2.0  19 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA  
 2/15 11:53 am  36  3.4  117 51.8  2.4  4 mi. E of Coso Junction, CA  
 2/15  1:05 pm  36  0.8  117 48.5  2.1  8 mi. ESE of Coso Junction, CA
 2/15  3:42 pm  36  3.5  117 51.7  2.2  4 mi. E of Coso Junction, CA  
 2/15  3:42 pm  36  3.2  117 51.6  2.4  4 mi. E of Coso Junction, CA  
 2/16  8:08 am  35 41.8  117 35.5  2.0  6 mi. NE of Ridgecrest, CA    
 2/16  8:59 am  34 25.1  119 56.8  2.3  5 mi. W of Isla Vista, CA     
 2/16 12:33 pm  34 23.5  119 56.2  2.0  4 mi. WSW of Isla Vista, CA   
 2/16  1:12 pm  33 51.8  116 50.5  2.0  4 mi. SSE of Banning, CA      
 2/16  2:25 pm  34 21.2  116 28.4  2.2  16 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA  
 2/16  2:28 pm  34 20.9  116 28.4  2.2  15 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA  
 2/16  3:39 pm  34 21.0  116 28.4  2.1  16 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA  
 2/16 10:19 pm  34 24.8  119 56.8  2.0  5 mi. W of Isla Vista, CA     
 2/17  7:20 am  34 17.5  116 53.1  2.0  2 mi. NW of Big Bear City, CA 
 2/17 12:23 pm  32 25.2  115 22.3  2.5  18 mi. SSE of Calexico, CA    
 2/17  6:39 pm  32 47.5  115 27.2  2.3  5 mi. E of El Centro, CA      
 2/17  7:38 pm  35 40.2  118  5.2  2.1  21 mi. E of town of Lake Isabella, CA
 2/17  7:57 pm  35 40.2  118  5.2  2.6  21 mi. E of town of Lake Isabella, CA
 2/17  7:58 pm  35 40.3  118  5.3  2.0  21 mi. E of town of Lake Isabella, CA
 2/17  8:06 pm  34 20.6  118 26.2  2.4  3 mi. N of San Fernando, CA
 2/18  6:39 am  32 58.3  117 47.2  2.2  28 mi. WSW of Oceanside, CA
 2/18 10:15 am  35 28.4  120 44.9  2.8  4 mi. W of Atascadero, CA  
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