Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

September 3, 1999


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, July 26 (PDT) through 5 pm on Thursday, September 2 (PDT). During this period, we detected and analysed 222 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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 8/26  5:30 pm  32  8.0  114 38.6  2.5  39 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/26  6:31 pm  33 41.3  118 23.2  2.0  5 mi. WSW of Pt. Fermin, San Pedro, CA
 8/26  9:04 pm  32  3.5  114 40.5  2.7  44 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/26 10:00 pm  32  3.7  114 39.7  2.6  44 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/27  2:20 am  32  4.7  114 35.6  2.5  42 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/27  3:18 am  32  2.5  114 35.8  3.0  45 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/27  3:48 am  35 28.3  118 26.9  2.0  11 mi. S of town of Lake Isabella, CA 
 8/27  6:34 am  31 55.8  117 13.5  2.3  44 mi. SSW of San Ysidro, CA          
 8/27  9:56 am  32  7.1  114 38.0  2.5  40 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/27 10:04 am  35 48.8  118 28.2  2.3  12 mi. N of town of Lake Isabella, CA 
 8/27 12:31 pm  35 55.6  119 16.4  2.3  17 mi. SW of Porterville, CA          
 8/27  2:16 pm  32 15.2  114 39.7  2.5  30 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/27  4:31 pm  32  2.1  114 42.3  3.7  46 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/27  5:06 pm  32  5.1  114 36.5  2.8  42 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/27  5:14 pm  32  2.9  114 41.5  3.0  45 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/27  5:25 pm  32 50.8  116 10.3  2.2  12 mi. NW of Ocotillo, CA             
 8/27  5:32 pm  32 51.2  116 10.1  2.1  13 mi. NW of Ocotillo, CA             
 8/27  5:38 pm  32 50.7  116 10.5  2.0  13 mi. NW of Ocotillo, CA             
 8/27  5:48 pm  34  1.2  116 37.4  2.9  2 mi. SW of Morongo Valley, CA        
 8/27  6:45 pm  32  5.5  114 39.2  2.6  41 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/28 12:00 am  33 17.7  116 45.5  2.8  3 mi. N of Lake Henshaw, CA           
 8/28 12:09 am  32 21.6  115 13.8  2.3  26 mi. SE of Calexico, CA             
 8/28  2:53 am  34 22.0  116 28.4  2.0  17 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA          
 8/28  6:30 am  33 50.6  118 28.8  2.4  5 mi. SW of Manhattan Beach, CA       
 8/28  8:37 am  36  1.8  117 49.8  2.3  6 mi. E of Coso Junction, CA          
 8/28  8:39 pm  33 16.5  116  0.5  2.1  2 mi. W of Salton City, CA            
 8/28  9:33 pm  32  6.3  114 39.7  2.8  41 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/29 12:44 am  36  0.7  117 48.5  2.1  8 mi. ESE of Coso Junction, CA        
 8/29  1:18 am  35 45.1  118 29.1  2.2  8 mi. N of town of Lake Isabella, CA  
 8/29  9:11 am  36 27.2  117 51.5  2.3  14 mi. NE of Olancha, CA              
 8/29 10:18 am  32  1.4  114 40.3  2.8  46 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/29 10:21 am  32  7.4  114 39.4  2.5  39 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/29 10:28 am  35 43.0  118 28.2  2.3  5 mi. N of town of Lake Isabella, CA  
 8/29 12:07 pm  32  2.5  114 40.0  3.1  45 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/29 12:11 pm  32  4.1  114 40.4  3.3  43 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/29 12:17 pm  32  3.9  114 40.4  3.5  43 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/29 12:42 pm  32  8.5  114 41.0  3.0  38 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/29 12:55 pm  32  6.8  114 38.4  2.7  40 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/29  3:11 pm  32  6.4  114 39.1  2.7  40 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/29 10:32 pm  32  6.3  114 37.3  2.8  40 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/30 12:33 am  32  6.5  114 41.4  2.8  40 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/30 12:50 am  35 43.9  118 28.5  2.2  6 mi. N of town of Lake Isabella, CA  
 8/30  2:01 am  33 20.6  116 22.9  2.0  6 mi. N of Borrego Springs, CA        
 8/30  5:27 am  33 30.1  116 29.5  2.5  11 mi. ESE of Anza, CA                
 8/30  8:57 am  32  5.9  114 35.5  2.6  41 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/30  9:15 am  32 52.1  117 43.1  2.2  26 mi. W of La Jolla, CA              
 8/30 11:11 am  32  7.3  114 35.6  2.8  39 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/30 11:11 am  32  3.2  114 35.8  2.7  44 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/30  3:16 pm  32  2.0  114 41.3  3.4  46 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/30  3:28 pm  32  6.2  114 40.8  3.3  41 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/30  3:43 pm  32  3.9  114 41.6  3.1  43 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/30  5:20 pm  32  6.0  114 40.2  3.2  41 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/31  1:58 am  32  8.2  114 40.9  2.6  38 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/31  3:06 am  34 22.1  116 28.7  2.1  17 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA          
 8/31  3:27 am  32 43.0  117 24.9  2.6  10 mi. WSW of Mission Beach, CA       
 8/31 12:53 pm  32 50.9  116 10.5  2.7  13 mi. NW of Ocotillo, CA             
 8/31  7:25 pm  33 57.1  115 47.7  2.1  19 mi. SE of Twentynine Palms, CA     
 8/31  8:12 pm  32 50.7  116  5.5  2.0  9 mi. NW of Ocotillo, CA              
 8/31  8:12 pm  32 50.6  116  5.7  2.2  9 mi. NW of Ocotillo, CA              
 8/31  8:38 pm  32  1.2  114 36.7  2.5  46 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/31  9:14 pm  32  3.8  114 35.1  2.7  43 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 8/31  9:47 pm  36  0.4  117 48.1  2.0  8 mi. ESE of Coso Junction, CA        
 8/31 10:44 pm  32 55.3  117 40.1  2.3  25 mi. SW of Oceanside, CA            
 9/1  12:23 am  31 58.5  114 39.8  3.0  50 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 9/1  12:25 am  32  3.4  114 36.2  2.7  44 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 9/1   5:55 am  34 22.1  116 28.5  2.0  17 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA          
 9/1   7:39 am  32  5.2  114 38.0  2.7  42 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 9/1   7:44 am  36 27.6  117 51.5  2.3  14 mi. NNE of Olancha, CA             
 9/1   2:34 pm  34 10.3  117 36.0  2.1  4 mi. N of Rancho Cucamonga, CA       
 9/1   5:54 pm  35 43.1  118 28.3  2.5  5 mi. N of town of Lake Isabella, CA  
 9/1   9:11 pm  35 44.9  118 29.4  2.6  7 mi. N of town of Lake Isabella, CA  
 9/1   9:41 pm  33 41.2  116 43.8  2.1  4 mi. SSW of Idyllwild, CA            
 9/1   9:48 pm  32  7.4  114 38.5  2.8  39 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 9/1  10:55 pm  32  2.3  114 40.3  2.9  45 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 9/2   2:57 am  32  7.5  114 37.4  2.5  39 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 9/2   6:31 am  33 47.5  116  8.1  2.1  7 mi. NE of Indio, CA                 
 9/2   6:31 am  33 47.7  116  8.1  2.2  7 mi. NE of Indio, CA                 
 9/2  10:21 am  35 44.8  118 29.1  2.6  7 mi. N of town of Lake Isabella, CA  
 9/2   1:29 pm  35 43.8  118 28.4  2.5  6 mi. N of town of Lake Isabella, CA  
 9/2   1:54 pm  32 28.7  115 30.4  2.9  13 mi. S of Calexico, CA              
 9/2   2:02 pm  32 26.5  115 31.3  2.6  15 mi. S of Calexico, CA              
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