Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

May 28, 1999


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, May 20 (PDT) through 5 pm on Thursday, May 27 (PDT). During this period, we detected and analysed 197 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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 5/21  2:44 am  32 19.3  115 16.2  2.7  27 mi. SSE of Calexico, CA          
 5/21  4:36 am  34  9.0  116 50.2  2.0  3 mi. N of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA     
 5/21  8:47 am  36 19.5  118 21.1  2.9  17 mi. S of Mt. Whitney, CA         
 5/21 10:14 am  36 52.7  117 23.3  2.5  23 mi. NW of Stovepipe Wells, CA    
 5/21  4:29 pm  35  3.3  119  1.4  2.5  5 mi. NW of Wheeler Ridge, CA       
 5/21  6:41 pm  33 59.8  116 24.4  2.4  5 mi. ENE of Desert Hot Springs, CA 
 5/22  1:09 am  32 35.0  116  9.3  2.3  14 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA           
 5/22  3:04 am  34  2.6  116 21.9  2.0  7 mi. SSW of Joshua Tree, CA        
 5/22  4:13 am  35 16.9  118 33.8  2.2  12 mi. NNW of Tehachapi, CA         
 5/22  8:02 am  34  2.1  116 21.4  2.0  7 mi. SSW of Joshua Tree, CA        
 5/22  8:08 am  33 10.2  115 36.3  2.2  1 mi. E of Obsidian Butte, CA       
 5/22  8:09 am  34 58.7  116 56.3  2.7  7 mi. NE of Barstow, CA             
 5/22 12:06 pm  34 10.0  117 43.7  2.5  4 mi. N of Claremont Colleges, CA   
 5/22  3:19 pm  34 20.1  116 49.8  2.1  4 mi. NNE of Big Bear City, CA      
 5/22  4:54 pm  34  2.2  116 21.1  2.0  7 mi. SSW of Joshua Tree, CA        
 5/22  4:55 pm  34  1.9  116 19.9  2.2  7 mi. S of Joshua Tree, CA          
 5/23 12:28 am  34  2.2  116 21.4  2.3  7 mi. SSW of Joshua Tree, CA        
 5/23  1:34 am  33 56.9  118 29.1  2.2  2 mi. SW of Marina del Rey, CA      
 5/23  7:59 am  36  4.6  117 38.1  2.5  17 mi. E of Coso Junction, CA       
 5/23 11:09 am  33 56.2  118 36.4  2.0  8 mi. SSE of Malibu, CA             
 5/23 12:35 pm  33  6.4  116  3.5  2.1  4 mi. ESE of Ocotillo Wells, CA     
 5/23  2:54 pm  32 56.7  115 30.8  2.0  1 mi. SE of Brawley, CA             
 5/23  6:23 pm  34  0.3  116 20.0  2.1  9 mi. S of Joshua Tree, CA          
 5/23  6:42 pm  34  0.3  116 20.2  2.7  9 mi. S of Joshua Tree, CA          
 5/23  9:22 pm  33 41.8  116 49.3  2.2  7 mi. WSW of Idyllwild, CA          
 5/23 10:55 pm  33  3.1  115 39.0  2.0  1 mi. WNW of Westmorland, CA        
 5/23 11:53 pm  33 16.7  115 40.5  2.1  5 mi. SE of Bombay Beach, CA        
 5/23 11:56 pm  33 16.4  115 40.6  2.0  6 mi. SSE of Bombay Beach, CA       
 5/24  7:54 am  32 35.6  116  9.0  2.1  13 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA           
 5/24  1:26 pm  33 18.2  116 18.8  2.4  4 mi. NE of Borrego Springs, CA     
 5/24  2:48 pm  32 35.3  116  9.4  2.0  13 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA           
 5/24  3:28 pm  36  5.5  117 42.7  2.1  13 mi. ENE of Coso Junction, CA     
 5/25  1:45 am  32 35.2  116  9.2  2.0  13 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA           
 5/25  5:17 am  32  4.7  114 58.7  2.6  47 mi. SSW of Yuma, AZ              
 5/25 12:47 pm  34 11.0  116 26.4  2.3  4 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA         
 5/25  3:18 pm  33 56.3  116 21.6  2.4  8 mi. ESE of Desert Hot Springs, CA 
 5/25  3:21 pm  34  2.3  116 21.2  2.3  7 mi. SSW of Joshua Tree, CA        
 5/26  4:40 am  36  0.1  117 57.9  2.1  3 mi. SSW of Coso Junction, CA      
 5/26  5:37 am  33 11.3  115 34.6  3.0  3 mi. ENE of Obsidian Butte, CA     
 5/26  6:16 am  33 11.2  115 34.1  2.9  4 mi. ENE of Obsidian Butte, CA     
 5/26  6:43 am  33 12.0  115 34.1  2.2  3 mi. SW of Niland, CA              
 5/26  5:27 pm  35 41.4  118 27.3  2.0  3 mi. N of town of Lake Isabella, CA
 5/26  5:52 pm  35 41.5  118 27.3  2.1  3 mi. N of town of Lake Isabella, CA
 5/26 11:10 pm  32  0.4  116 12.6  2.9  51 mi. SSW of Ocotillo, CA          
 5/26 11:48 pm  36  4.9  117 36.8  2.0  18 mi. E of Coso Junction, CA       
 5/27  1:48 am  36  0.4  119 51.8  2.0  29 mi. ESE of Coalinga, CA          
 5/27  3:59 am  36 16.7  118 19.6  2.4  20 mi. S of Mt. Whitney, CA         
 5/27  6:05 am  33 42.5  116 51.1  2.3  7 mi. ESE of Hemet, CA              
 5/27  7:12 am  36 17.0  118 19.5  2.1  20 mi. S of Mt. Whitney, CA         
 5/27 12:38 pm  36 16.9  118 19.8  2.3  20 mi. S of Mt. Whitney, CA         
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