Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

Nick Scheckel , Seismological Laboratory
Lucy Jones, U. S. Geological Survey
California Institute of Technology

May 6, 1999


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, April 29 (PDT) through 5 pm on Thursday, May 6 (PDT). During this period, we detected and analysed 168 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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 4/30  1:16 am  33  0.9  115 34.4  2.2  3 mi. ESE of Westmorland, CA               
 4/30  3:08 am  32 58.2  115 25.3  2.0  6 mi. E of Brawley, CA                   
 4/30  3:09 am  33  0.9  115 34.9  3.0  2 mi. SE of Westmorland, CA               
 4/30  3:34 am  32 46.7  115 27.3  2.1  5 mi. E of El Centro, CA                 
 4/30  3:49 am  33  1.3  115 35.1  2.1  2 mi. ESE of Westmorland, CA               
 4/30  4:25 am  35 57.7  117 39.0  2.1  17 mi. ESE of Coso Junction, CA             
 4/30  9:57 am  34 35.7  116 37.3  2.1  21 mi. ENE of Lucerne Valley, CA            
 4/30 11:57 am  32 36.4  116  9.1  2.7  12 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA                  
 4/30 12:16 pm  35 59.3  117 19.4  2.3  15 mi. N of Trona, CA                     
 5/ 0  6:41 pm  33  1.5  115 35.2  2.1  2 mi. ESE of Westmorland, CA               
 5/ 0  8:29 pm  32 43.7  118  6.4  2.8  15 mi. ESE of San Clemente Is., CA (SE tip) 
 5/ 0  9:43 pm  34 21.6  118 43.3  2.2  5 mi. N of Simi Valley, CA               
 5/ 1 12:55 am  32  8.1  116 59.9  2.4  28 mi. S of San Ysidro, CA                
 5/ 1  3:31 am  34 34.5  116 32.8  2.0  24 mi. ENE of Lucerne Valley, CA            
 5/ 1  5:05 am  32 36.4  116  8.6  2.0  12 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA                  
 5/ 1  5:08 am  36 46.9  117 32.2  2.0  24 mi. WNW of Stovepipe Wells, CA           
 5/ 1  5:25 am  33 34.8  116 46.1  2.4  5 mi. WNW of Anza, CA                      
 5/ 1  6:21 am  33  1.4  115 35.1  2.7  2 mi. ESE of Westmorland, CA               
 5/ 1  4:30 pm  34 22.2  118 33.6  2.2  1 mi. S of Valencia, CA                  
 5/ 1  6:07 pm  33 57.3  116 19.1  3.7  12 mi. S of Joshua Tree, CA               
					PRESUMABLY FELT
 5/ 2 12:35 am  35 39.8  119 38.5  2.6  29 mi. NE of Simmler, CA                   
 5/ 2  2:04 am  32 35.0  116  9.6  2.3  14 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA                  
 5/ 2 12:03 pm  32 35.7  116  9.1  2.2  13 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA                  
 5/ 2  5:48 pm  34 21.0  118 38.4  2.1  5 mi. SW of Valencia, CA                  
 5/ 2  7:13 pm  35 46.2  120 18.1  2.3  3 mi. N of Cholame, CA                   
 5/ 2  7:23 pm  34 18.6  116 26.6  2.5  13 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA              
 5/ 2  7:59 pm  36 33.5  117 45.5  2.1  17 mi. E of Lone Pine, CA                 
 5/ 3  9:18 am  32 44.7  118  6.7  3.7  14 mi. ESE of San Clemente Is., CA (SE tip) 
 5/ 3 10:03 am  32 40.5  118  5.5  2.9  17 mi. SE of San Clemente Is., CA (SE tip) 
 5/ 3  4:18 pm  34 25.9  116 29.3  2.1  21 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA              
 5/ 3  5:04 pm  34 17.6  116 51.0  2.6  1 mi. N of Big Bear City, CA             
 5/ 3  7:43 pm  34 22.5  118 44.5  2.0  6 mi. NNW of Simi Valley, CA               
 5/ 3  7:57 pm  36  1.8  120 18.6  2.7  8 mi. SSE of Coalinga, CA                  
 5/ 3 10:19 pm  32 37.7  116 12.0  2.3  14 mi. WSW of Ocotillo, CA                  
 5/ 3 10:19 pm  32 36.5  116 10.5  2.4  13 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA                  
 5/ 4  7:01 am  34  1.2  117 14.3  2.0  2 mi. SSE of Loma Linda, CA                
 5/ 4 10:20 am  33 22.4  116 52.7  2.1  1 mi. NW of Palomar Observatory, CA       
 5/ 4  2:07 pm  36  5.4  117 35.6  2.1  20 mi. E of Coso Junction, CA             
 5/ 4  4:20 pm  34 22.9  116 59.6  2.5  5 mi. SSW of Lucerne Valley, CA            
 5/ 4  5:15 pm  36  6.6  117 51.8  2.0  6 mi. NE of Coso Junction, CA             
 5/ 4  6:35 pm  34 33.1  116 31.0  2.2  30 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA              
 5/ 4  6:42 pm  33 38.2  116 45.4  2.1  7 mi. SSW of Idyllwild, CA                 
 5/ 4  7:17 pm  34  4.2  116 22.3  3.6  5 mi. SW of Joshua Tree, CA
					PRESUMABLY FELT               
 5/ 4  7:41 pm  32 44.9  118  7.0  2.8  14 mi. ESE of San Clemente Is., CA (SE tip) 
 5/ 5  8:02 am  32 35.1  116  9.6  2.3  14 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA                  
 5/ 5  5:01 pm  34  5.5  117 19.1  2.1  1 mi. SW of San Bernardino, CA            
 5/ 6  5:59 am  32 35.2  116  9.2  2.1  13 mi. SW  of Ocotillo, CA                  
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