Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

April 23, 1999


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, April 15 (PST) through 5 pm on Thursday, April 22 (PDT). During this period, we detected and analysed 189 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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 4/15  6:44 pm  33  1.6  117 46.8  2.5  28 mi. SSW of San Clemente, CA     
 4/16  1:40 am  35 30.0  119 31.5  2.7  25 mi. N of Taft, CA               
 4/16  2:58 am  36 22.3  120 20.6  3.1  16 mi. N of Coalinga, CA           
 4/16  8:18 am  34 33.8  116 32.6  2.2  24 mi. ENE of Lucerne Valley, CA   
 4/16  8:53 am  34 29.0  116 30.7  3.2  25 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA       
 4/16  9:18 am  34 34.7  116 32.9  2.2  24 mi. ENE of Lucerne Valley, CA   
 4/16  9:26 am  34  1.3  117 14.1  2.1  2 mi. SSE of Loma Linda, CA        
 4/16 10:18 am  36  6.0  117 49.4  2.0  7 mi. ENE of Coso Junction, CA     
 4/16 11:51 am  33 59.5  116 24.4  2.7  5 mi. ENE of Desert Hot Springs, CA
 4/16  2:18 pm  33 55.6  116 55.0  2.1  2 mi. W of Banning, CA           
 4/16  4:50 pm  36  5.2  117 35.8  2.1  19 mi. E of Coso Junction, CA    
 4/16 10:51 pm  35 32.2  117 25.8  2.3  16 mi. SSW of Trona, CA          
 4/17 12:26 am  33 13.7  116  2.5  2.4  5 mi. SW of Salton City, CA      
 4/17  7:14 am  33 25.0  117 57.5  2.2  13 mi. S of Newport Beach, CA    
 4/17  8:03 am  33  9.5  115 38.9  2.0  Under Obsidian Butte, CA            
 4/17 10:01 am  35 17.3  117 28.5  2.6  22 mi. NNE of Boron, CA          
 4/17 10:37 am  33 51.8  120 11.1  2.4  7 mi. SW of Santa Rosa Is., CA   
 4/17  1:23 pm  32 19.2  115 15.5  2.5  27 mi. SSE of Calexico, CA       
 4/17  3:17 pm  34 56.6  116 39.4  2.5  21 mi. E of Barstow, CA          
 4/17 10:56 pm  32 36.1  116  8.7  2.0  12 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA        
 4/17 11:22 pm  34 37.3  116 39.6  2.5  20 mi. NE of Lucerne Valley, CA  
 4/18  1:53 am  34 56.7  120 44.3  2.2  4 mi. NW of Pt. Sal, CA          
 4/18  1:58 am  34 57.0  120 44.5  2.0  5 mi. NW of Pt. Sal, CA          
 4/18  7:33 am  32 35.3  116  9.9  3.6  14 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA        
                                        FELT in San Diego, Imperial Valley
 4/18  8:53 am  32 35.2  116  9.8  4.2  14 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA        
                                        FELT in San Diego, Imperial Valley
 4/18  8:58 pm  33 59.7  118 21.0  2.1  1 mi. ESE of Baldwin Hills, CA   
                                        FELT
 4/18  9:41 pm  32 55.4  116 20.2  2.1  19 mi. SW of Ocotillo Wells, CA  
 4/19  8:26 am  32 34.4  116  9.6  2.0  14 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA        
 4/19  2:02 pm  32 45.6  115 26.0  2.1  7 mi. NNE of Calexico, CA        
 4/19  7:21 pm  34 26.0  116 31.0  2.0  22 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA     
 4/19  7:43 pm  36  4.6  117 36.7  2.5  18 mi. E of Coso Junction, CA    
 4/20  1:09 am  33 10.1  118  4.7  2.0  18 mi. SE of Avalon, Catalina Island
 4/20 11:23 am  34  0.7  116 46.5  2.0  6 mi. N of Cabazon, CA          
 4/20  8:10 pm  32 20.2  115 15.4  2.8  26 mi. SSE of Calexico, CA      
 4/21  6:36 am  32  4.9  115 31.0  3.4  40 mi. S of Calexico, CA        
 4/21  7:18 am  32  9.0  115 33.3  2.7  36 mi. S of Calexico, CA        
 4/21 10:28 am  34  8.3  116 46.1  3.9  4 mi. NE of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA
                                        FELT in Riverside, San Bernardino
 4/21 10:32 am  34  8.2  116 45.7  2.3  4 mi. NE of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA
 4/21 11:29 am  35 59.5  117 51.7  2.0  6 mi. SE of Coso Junction, CA   
 4/21 12:58 pm  33 48.3  116 58.0  2.0  4 mi. N of Hemet, CA            
 4/21  2:35 pm  35  2.2  118 58.1  2.3  2 mi. NNW of Wheeler Ridge, CA  
 4/21  4:58 pm  32  8.9  115 29.7  2.6  35 mi. S of Calexico, CA        
 4/21  6:50 pm  32  4.3  115 25.5  2.6  41 mi. S of Calexico, CA        
 4/22  1:02 am  32 42.5  115 54.8  2.1  5 mi. ESE of Ocotillo, CA       
 4/22  3:19 am  33 15.3  115 59.6  2.1  2 mi. SW of Salton City, CA     
 4/22  5:43 am  32 36.6  116  8.9  2.3  12 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA       
 4/22  6:47 am  36  5.8  117 48.9  2.1  8 mi. ENE of Coso Junction, CA  
 4/22  9:07 am  33 58.8  116 40.1  2.3  6 mi. SW of Morongo Valley, CA  
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