Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

September 17, 1999


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, September 9 (PDT) through 5 pm on Thursday, September 16 (PDT). During this period, we detected and analysed 241 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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 9/9  10:18 pm  33 11.6  115 36.4  2.0  2 mi. NE of Obsidian Butte, CA 
 9/9  11:18 pm  34 38.0  116 39.5  2.1  20 mi. NE of Lucerne Valley, CA
 9/10  6:26 am  33 57.3  117  7.6  2.4  7 mi. SSE of Redlands, CA      
 9/10  6:40 am  32 12.8  115 12.5  4.8  35 mi. SSE of Calexico, CA     
                                        FELT in the Imperial Valley, Yuma
 9/10  9:12 am  34 22.2  116 28.2  2.0  17 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA   
 9/11  4:49 am  34  9.7  117 43.7  2.4  3 mi. N of Claremont Colleges, CA
 9/11  9:42 am  31 59.9  114 38.5  3.0  48 mi. S of Yuma, AZ             
 9/11 10:29 am  31 59.9  114 37.2  3.0  48 mi. S of Yuma, AZ             
 9/11 11:28 am  34 27.3  116 30.0  2.0  23 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA     
 9/11 12:56 pm  32  0.4  114 36.6  2.5  47 mi. S of Yuma, AZ             
 9/11  2:39 pm  34 35.8  116 37.6  2.0  21 mi. ENE of Lucerne Valley, CA 
 9/11  6:21 pm  33 56.2  116 21.5  3.2  8 mi. ESE of Desert Hot Springs, CA
                                        FELT
 9/11  6:59 pm  32 35.9  116  9.1  2.1  13 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA          
 9/11  7:45 pm  33 41.8  116 43.6  2.6  3 mi. SSW of Idyllwild, CA         
 9/11  9:09 pm  35 44.2  118 28.2  2.3  6 mi. N of town of Lake Isabella, CA
 9/11  9:38 pm  33 16.7  116  0.1  2.2  2 mi. W of Salton City, CA          
 9/11 10:15 pm  36  5.1  117 35.9  2.0  19 mi. E of Coso Junction, CA       
 9/11 11:40 pm  35 30.6  118 26.0  2.4  8 mi. SSE of town of Lake Isabella, CA
 9/12  2:24 am  33 14.2  115 59.3  2.0  3 mi. SSW of Salton City, CA          
 9/12  3:16 am  35 44.3  118 28.1  2.2  6 mi. N of town of Lake Isabella, CA  
 9/12  3:20 am  35 44.4  118 28.1  2.4  7 mi. N of town of Lake Isabella, CA  
 9/12  5:33 am  35 44.2  118 28.3  2.1  6 mi. N of town of Lake Isabella, CA  
 9/12  6:09 am  35 44.2  118 28.3  2.1  6 mi. N of town of Lake Isabella, CA  
 9/12  6:18 am  35 44.2  118 28.0  2.5  6 mi. N of town of Lake Isabella, CA  
 9/12  9:12 am  36  3.1  117 39.4  2.1  16 mi. E of Coso Junction, CA         
 9/12 10:46 pm  32  0.1  114 39.3  2.9  48 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                  
 9/13  4:01 am  34 21.8  116 28.0  2.0  16 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA          
 9/13  3:36 pm  31 53.9  115 49.2  2.8  56 mi. SSW of Calexico, CA            
 9/14 12:15 am  32  3.9  116 23.6  2.7  51 mi. SSW of Ocotillo, CA            
 9/14 12:47 am  34 29.1  116 30.3  2.5  25 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA          
 9/14  4:57 am  36  1.4  117 52.8  3.2  4 mi. ESE of Coso Junction, CA        
 9/14  4:57 am  36  1.8  117 52.6  2.4  4 mi. ESE of Coso Junction, CA        
 9/14  7:41 am  34 31.3  119  7.0  2.3  9 mi. NE of Ojai, CA                  
 9/14  8:45 am  33 58.1  116 20.0  2.5  9 mi. E of Desert Hot Springs, CA     
 9/14 10:39 am  32 29.6  115 31.6  2.2  12 mi. S of Calexico, CA              
 9/14 11:17 am  34 31.4  119  7.7  2.1  8 mi. NE of Ojai, CA                  
 9/14  4:13 pm  33 40.6  117  1.0  2.3  5 mi. SSW of Hemet, CA                
 9/14  9:31 pm  33 31.8  116 33.6  2.1  6 mi. ESE of Anza, CA                 
 9/14 10:20 pm  36  1.5  117 52.9  2.9  4 mi. ESE of Coso Junction, CA        
 9/15  1:20 am  36  1.6  117 52.4  2.0  4 mi. ESE of Coso Junction, CA        
 9/15  2:19 am  34 36.4  116 36.3  2.2  22 mi. ENE of Lucerne Valley, CA      
 9/15  3:50 am  36  1.4  117 52.5  2.2  4 mi. ESE of Coso Junction, CA        
 9/15  5:27 am  35 44.8  118 29.2  2.0  7 mi. N of town of Lake Isabella, CA  
 9/15 10:05 am  32 16.9  117 45.8  2.6  45 mi. SW of Mission Beach, CA        
 9/15 12:06 pm  32 28.4  115 30.7  2.5  13 mi. S of Calexico, CA              
 9/15  3:14 pm  34 59.4  116 49.2  2.1  13 mi. ENE of Barstow, CA             
 9/15  5:55 pm  35 44.0  118 28.2  2.3  6 mi. N of town of Lake Isabella, CA  
 9/15  8:02 pm  36  1.3  117 53.0  3.6  3 mi. ESE of Coso Junction, CA        
 9/15  9:25 pm  36  1.3  117 52.6  2.1  4 mi. ESE of Coso Junction, CA        
 9/16  5:29 am  35 47.3  117 39.0  2.4  11 mi. N of Ridgecrest, CA            
 9/16 10:39 am  36  1.5  117 52.8  3.1  4 mi. ESE of Coso Junction, CA        
 9/16 10:39 am  36  1.5  117 53.5  3.1  3 mi. ESE of Coso Junction, CA        
                                        yes, these are two separate quakes
 9/16  1:36 pm  34 28.1  116 30.5  2.0  24 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA          
 9/16  2:43 pm  35 53.5  117 54.8  2.0  10 mi. S of Coso Junction, CA         
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