Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

July 23, 1999


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, July 15 (PDT) through 5 pm on Thursday, July 22 (PDT). During this period, we detected and analysed 218 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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 7/15  5:10 pm  34  9.6  116 25.7  2.2  3 mi. NNE of Yucca Valley, CA        
 7/15  5:17 pm  33 30.2  116 33.6  2.0  7 mi. ESE of Anza, CA                
 7/15  5:54 pm  35 43.3  118 28.6  2.4  5 mi. N of town of Lake Isabella, CA 
 7/15  6:13 pm  33 15.4  116  3.6  2.1  5 mi. WSW of Salton City, CA         
 7/15  7:28 pm  35 44.0  118 28.7  2.2  6 mi. N of town of Lake Isabella, CA 
 7/15  7:48 pm  33  9.8  116 39.9  2.3  5 mi. E of Mesa Grande, CA           
 7/15 11:05 pm  34 12.3  117 24.8  2.1  1 mi. SSW of Devore, CA              
 7/15 11:46 pm  35 43.5  118 28.5  2.9  6 mi. N of town of Lake Isabella, CA 
 7/16  6:34 am  35 51.0  118 25.2  2.0  15 mi. N of town of Lake Isabella, CA
 7/16  6:46 am  35 44.2  118 29.4  2.1  7 mi. N of town of Lake Isabella, CA 
 7/16 12:10 pm  33 15.9  116 13.2  2.2  9 mi. NNW of Ocotillo Wells, CA      
 7/16 12:15 pm  33 14.4  119 22.6  3.7  7 mi. E of San Nicolas Is., CA       
 7/16  3:51 pm  34 31.2  120 59.5  3.4  19 mi. WSW of Pt. Arguello, CA       
 7/16  7:22 pm  35 59.5  117 52.3  2.5  5 mi. SE of Coso Junction, CA        
 7/17 12:09 am  33 36.8  116 41.2  2.0  4 mi. NNW of Anza, CA                
 7/17  1:45 am  35 59.4  117 52.4  2.0  5 mi. SE of Coso Junction, CA        
 7/17  4:12 am  36  0.3  117 48.0  2.2  8 mi. ESE of Coso Junction, CA       
 7/17  8:37 am  35 44.0  118 29.6  2.2  6 mi. NNW of town of Lake Isabella, CA
 7/17  9:36 am  35  6.5  116 38.3  3.0  21 mi. SE of Goldstone Lake, CA     
 7/17  2:05 pm  32  9.1  115 47.8  2.6  39 mi. SSW of Calexico, CA          
 7/17  2:52 pm  32  9.8  115 47.6  2.6  38 mi. SSW of Calexico, CA          
 7/18  3:32 am  33 21.5  116 23.7  2.4  7 mi. N of Borrego Springs, CA      
 7/18  4:51 am  36  4.9  117 37.5  2.1  18 mi. E of Coso Junction, CA       
 7/18 11:36 am  33 42.4  116 50.1  2.0  7 mi. WSW of Idyllwild, CA          
 7/18 12:03 pm  35 59.3  117 20.0  2.2  15 mi. N of Trona, CA               
 7/18  9:16 pm  35 43.6  118 28.9  2.1  6 mi. N of town of Lake Isabella, CA
 7/19  3:12 am  33 42.3  116 49.9  2.2  7 mi. WSW of Idyllwild, CA          
 7/19  3:24 am  33 28.9  116 26.0  2.0  16 mi. NNW of Borrego Springs, CA   
 7/19  8:18 am  35  1.8  118 54.3  2.2  2 mi. NE of Wheeler Ridge, CA       
 7/19  8:49 am  33 17.4  117 54.5  2.0  16 mi. SW of Dana Point, CA         
 7/19  2:21 pm  34 16.7  116 45.5  2.1  5 mi. E of Big Bear City, CA        
 7/19  3:09 pm  33 37.9  116 43.1  4.2  5 mi. NNW of Anza, CA               
                                        FELT in Temecula, Palm Springs areas
 7/19  3:50 pm  33 38.2  116 42.6  2.0  6 mi. NNW of Anza, CA               
 7/19  9:05 pm  33 37.0  119 18.9  2.1  17 mi. NW of Santa Barbara Is. , CA 
 7/20  1:00 am  33 18.8  116 22.2  2.0  4 mi. N of Borrego Springs, CA      
 7/20  4:41 am  35 43.7  118 28.4  2.3  6 mi. N of town of Lake Isabella, CA
 7/20  6:31 am  32 22.4  115 15.1  2.7  24 mi. SE of Calexico, CA           
 7/20 10:49 am  35 44.2  118 28.5  2.2  6 mi. N of town of Lake Isabella, CA
 7/20  2:24 pm  36  0.6  117 47.9  2.5  8 mi. ESE of Coso Junction, CA      
 7/20  3:03 pm  34 57.8  118 33.5  2.0  13 mi. SSW of Tehachapi, CA         
 7/20  6:35 pm  36 13.1  117 52.6  2.0  8 mi. ESE of Olancha, CA            
 7/20  9:06 pm  33 55.5  118 35.9  2.0  9 mi. SSE of Malibu, CA             
 7/21  8:33 pm  33 59.7  116 57.1  2.0  4 mi. NNE of Beaumont, CA           
 7/22  2:57 am  34 23.8  118 36.5  4.0  2 mi. W of Valencia, CA             
                                        FELT in San Fernando Valley, Newhall 
                                        Pass area
 7/22  9:57 am  33 10.3  115 38.0  2.3  Under Obsidian Butte, CA            
 7/22 12:38 pm  36 24.0  118  0.8  2.0  8 mi. N of Olancha, CA              
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