Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

October 15, 1999


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, October 7 (PDT) through 5 pm on Thursday, October 14 (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
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
10/7   7:29 pm  34 10.5  116 39.5  2.6  9 mi. NNW of Morongo Valley, CA  
10/7   8:05 pm  32 52.8  117 44.3  2.0  30 mi. SW of Oceanside, CA       
10/7   8:07 pm  32 53.6  117 44.9  2.3  29 mi. SW of Oceanside, CA       
10/8   5:58 am  33  5.7  115 39.8  2.1  4 mi. NNW of Westmorland, CA     
10/9  12:17 am  34  7.2  116 55.6  2.7  5 mi. WNW of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA
10/9   5:42 am  35 29.3  116 21.0  2.3  21 mi. NW of Baker, CA           
10/9   9:01 am  32 34.5  116 10.1  2.7  15 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA        
10/9   9:12 am  32 33.5  116 11.1  2.3  16 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA        
10/9  12:12 pm  36  0.4  117 47.7  2.0  9 mi. ESE of Coso Junction, CA   
10/9   2:03 pm  32 35.8  116  9.0  2.4  13 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA        
10/9   3:08 pm  34  3.0  117  4.7  2.0  2 mi. WNW of Yucaipa, CA         
10/10  1:50 am  34  7.3  116 55.6  2.4  5 mi. WNW of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA
10/10  9:03 am  34  7.0  116 55.8  2.3  5 mi. W of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA  
10/10  3:41 pm  32 36.1  116  9.0  2.1  12 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA        
10/10 11:37 pm  34  7.1  116 55.5  2.2  5 mi. WNW of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA
10/11  4:01 am  36  0.2  117 48.2  2.0  8 mi. ESE of Coso Junction, CA   
10/11  9:07 am  32 29.3  115 16.2  2.8  18 mi. SE of Calexico, CA        
10/11  4:38 pm  34  6.0  117 19.4  2.0  1 mi. WSW of San Bernardino, CA  
10/12  4:15 am  33 19.1  116 16.3  2.1  7 mi. NE of Borrego Springs, CA  
10/12  4:36 am  32 35.9  116  9.1  2.4  13 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA        
10/12 12:53 pm  34  6.9  116 55.8  2.3  6 mi. W of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA  
10/12  1:33 pm  34  5.1  117 17.3  2.3  1 mi. SSE of San Bernardino, CA  
10/12  9:56 pm  33 12.7  115 58.9  3.0  4 mi. SSW of Salton City, CA     
10/12 11:29 pm  33 46.4  119 23.1  2.6  19 mi. SSE of Santa Cruz Is., CA 
10/13 12:52 am  35 55.1  117 15.2  2.5  12 mi. NNE of Trona, CA          
10/13  8:58 am  34  0.3  117 12.1  2.0  3 mi. SSW of Redlands, CA        
10/13  1:56 pm  33 43.3  116 46.6  2.0  3 mi. WSW of Idyllwild, CA       
10/13  7:26 pm  34 39.0  117 34.8  2.2  20 mi. N of Wrightwood, CA       
10/14 12:26 am  34 51.0  118 56.8  2.1  2 mi. N of Frazier Park, CA      
10/14 10:15 am  32 31.6  115 29.9  2.7  9 mi. S of Calexico, CA          
10/14  1:23 pm  32 26.1  116 16.6  2.2  26 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA        
10/14  1:54 pm  34  1.2  117 33.3  2.0  6 mi. SSE of Rancho Cucamonga, CA
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------