Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

April 9, 1999


The time period covered is 4 pm on Thursday, April 1 (PST) through 5 pm on Thursday, April 8 (PDT). During this period, we detected and analysed 119 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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      PST
 4/1 10:33 pm  34  7.3  116 55.2  2.0  5 mi. WNW of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA
 4/2 12:03 am  35  6.1  118 17.7  2.4  7 mi. WNW of Mojave, CA          
 4/2  1:18 am  34  5.6  116 45.4  2.1  4 mi. E of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA
 4/2  2:17 pm  33 45.8  116 10.3  2.1  4 mi. NE of Indio, CA           
 4/2  8:06 pm  34  8.6  116 26.0  3.1  1 mi. NNE of Yucca Valley, CA    
                                       FELT?
 4/2  9:52 pm  34 22.8  117  2.8  2.6  7 mi. SW of Lucerne Valley, CA  
 4/3  1:10 am  34 12.6  119 36.0  2.2  13 mi. NNW of Santa Cruz Is., CA 
 4/3  2:15 am  34 15.2  119 34.8  2.2  10 mi. SSW of Carpinteria, CA    
 4/3 11:19 pm  32 47.4  117 18.1  2.5  2 mi. WNW of Mission Beach, CA   
      PDT
 4/4  9:21 am  33 54.2  116 45.7  2.1  1 mi. SE of Cabazon, CA         
 4/4  3:24 pm  33 58.2  116 52.2  2.1  2 mi. N of Banning, CA         
 4/5  5:12 am  34 26.7  120 50.4  2.3  14 mi. SW of Pt. Arguello, CA   
 4/5  2:03 pm  34 36.3  117 24.2  2.3  7 mi. NW of Victorville, CA     
 4/5  4:16 pm  34 21.3  116 24.0  2.2  15 mi. NNW of Joshua Tree, CA    
 4/5 11:24 pm  34 59.5  116 56.7  2.0  8 mi. NNE of Barstow, CA         
 4/6  5:14 am  34 28.6  118 26.5  2.1  7 mi. NE of Saugus, CA          
 4/6 11:12 am  33  9.9  115 38.7  2.2  Under Obsidian Butte, CA  
 4/6 11:43 am  33  9.5  115 58.8  2.1  8 mi. S of Salton City, CA     
 4/6  4:27 pm  34 29.5  120 41.8  2.4  6 mi. SSW of Pt. Arguello, CA    
 4/6  6:59 pm  34  2.7  117 15.3  2.2  Under Loma Linda, CA      
 4/6  8:34 pm  33 50.8  118 53.8  2.1  11 mi. SSW of Pt. Dume, CA       
 4/6  9:35 pm  33 43.5  116 51.6  2.5  6 mi. ESE of Hemet, CA           
 4/6 11:26 pm  32 35.6  116  9.8  4.0  13 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA       
                                       FELT from Imperial Valley to San Diego
 4/7  1:00 am  36 19.4  118 19.0  2.1  17 mi. S of Mt. Whitney, CA    
 4/7  5:21 am  33 30.1  116 27.5  2.1  12 mi. ESE of Anza, CA           
 4/7  7:17 am  33 18.7  116 20.1  2.2  4 mi. NNE of Borrego Springs, CA 
 4/7  8:17 am  33  8.8  115 56.8  2.1  9 mi. S of Salton City, CA     
 4/7  9:05 am  33 19.1  116 20.0  2.0  4 mi. NNE of Borrego Springs, CA 
 4/7  3:10 pm  32  4.4  115 25.7  2.8  41 mi. S of Calexico, CA       
 4/7 10:04 pm  34 15.9  118 26.8  2.1  1 mi. SSW of Pacoima, CA         
 4/7 11:13 pm  32 35.5  116 10.3  3.0  14 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA       
 4/8  5:24 am  36 22.8  117 57.0  2.0  7 mi. NNE of Olancha, CA         
 4/8 10:32 am  33 59.5  116 23.8  2.1  6 mi. ENE of Desert Hot Springs, CA
 4/8  4:28 pm  33  3.1  117 51.3  2.1  29 mi. SSW of Dana Point, CA     
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