Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

Nick Scheckel , Seismological Laboratory
Lucy Jones, U. S. Geological Survey
California Institute of Technology

May 26, 2000


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, May 18 (PST) through 5 pm on Thursday, May 25 (PST). During this period we dectected and analysed 390 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. 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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 5/19 10:32 am  36 19.6  118  2.8  2.5  3 mi. NW of Olancha, CA                
 5/19  2:49 pm  36 20.2  118  2.4  2.2  4 mi. NNW of Olancha, CA               
 5/19  2:59 pm  36 19.6  118  2.3  2.2  3 mi. NNW of Olancha, CA               
 5/19  4:06 pm  36 19.5  118  3.2  2.7  4 mi. NW of Olancha, CA                
 5/19  4:07 pm  36 19.5  118  3.0  3.3  3 mi. NW of Olancha, CA                
 5/19  4:15 pm  36 20.4  118  3.6  2.3  5 mi. NW of Olancha, CA                
 5/19  4:27 pm  33 27.7  118 22.0  2.2  8 mi. NNW of Avalon, Catalina Island, CA   
 5/19  5:10 pm  34 41.3  116 20.3  2.2  38 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA            
 5/19  5:44 pm  36 19.9  118  2.4  2.2  3 mi. NNW of Olancha, CA               
 5/19  9:07 pm  34 40.1  116 17.3  2.1  36 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA            
 5/19  9:08 pm  36 21.1  118  3.1  2.1  5 mi. NNW of Olancha, CA               
 5/20  1:18 pm  33  9.9  115 36.2  2.6  1 mi. E of Obsidian Butte, CA          
 5/20  1:51 pm  34 40.4  116 17.3  3.0  37 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA            
 5/20  2:29 pm  34 40.6  116 17.4  2.0  37 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA            
 5/20  3:47 pm  34  9.7  119  7.9  2.4  3 mi. SE of Oxnard, CA                 
 5/20  4:29 pm  33 10.8  115 36.2  2.3  2 mi. ENE of Obsidian Butte, CA        
 5/20  4:30 pm  34 40.7  116 18.2  2.2  37 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA            
 5/20  5:03 pm  34  6.0  116 54.9  2.0  5 mi. W of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA        
 5/20  5:50 pm  34 40.2  116 20.9  2.1  36 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA            
 5/20  6:18 pm  34 47.5  116 17.9  2.2  35 mi. SSW of Baker, CA                
 5/20  8:40 pm  34 41.5  116 21.4  3.5  38 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA            
 5/20 11:27 pm  34 17.6  116 52.1  3.7  2 mi. NNW of Big Bear City, CA         
 5/21  1:50 am  34 18.3  116  7.8  2.2  12 mi. NNW of Twentynine Palms, CA     
 5/21  2:39 am  34 21.8  116  8.4  2.0  16 mi. NNW of Twentynine Palms, CA     
 5/21  4:34 am  33 10.3  115 38.2  2.0  0 mi. N of Obsidian Butte, CA          
 5/21  6:29 am  34 32.8  116 17.9  2.1  28 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA            
 5/21  8:15 am  34 49.5  116 22.5  2.0  34 mi. SSW of Baker, CA                
 5/21 12:21 pm  32 42.3  117 21.3  2.2  7 mi. SW of Mission Beach, CA          
 5/21  6:33 pm  33 16.5  116  7.7  2.1  9 mi. N of Ocotillo Wells, CA          
 5/22 12:36 am  34 36.2  116 17.9  2.9  32 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA            
 5/22 12:51 am  32 35.5  116  8.2  2.9  12 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA              
 5/22  2:42 am  33 51.5  116 49.0  2.0  4 mi. SSW of Cabazon, CA               
 5/22  2:45 am  34 50.8  116 24.4  2.1  34 mi. SSW of Baker, CA                
 5/22  3:08 am  33 59.2  118 44.7  2.3  3 mi. ESE of Pt. Dume, CA              
 5/22  5:34 am  32  6.7  116 24.5  2.4  49 mi. SSW of Ocotillo, CA             
 5/22  8:09 am  34 18.8  118 27.9  2.3  2 mi. NW of San Fernando, CA           
 5/22  8:31 am  35 21.3  118 32.2  2.2  16 mi. NNW of Tehachapi, CA            
 5/22  9:42 am  34 19.1  118 27.6  2.2  2 mi. NNW of San Fernando, CA          
 5/22 11:26 am  34 40.9  116 20.4  2.2  37 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA            
 5/22 12:02 pm  33 49.8  118 17.2  2.3  Under Carson, CA                     
 5/22 12:24 pm  34 52.8  116 24.3  2.3  32 mi. SW of Baker, CA            
 5/22  1:51 pm  34 36.8  116 14.8  3.1  33 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA         
 5/22  4:47 pm  34 36.2  116 17.7  2.4  32 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA         
 5/22  9:42 pm  36 19.1  118  3.9  4.0  4 mi. NW of Olancha, CA             
 5/22 10:42 pm  36 19.3  118  2.0  2.3  3 mi. NNW of Olancha, CA            
 5/22 10:48 pm  36 19.0  118  3.2  2.1  3 mi. NW of Olancha, CA               
 5/22 11:36 pm  36 20.3  118  1.8  2.0  4 mi. NNW of Olancha, CA              
 5/23 12:30 am  36 18.2  118  2.0  2.0  2 mi. NW of Olancha, CA               
 5/23  1:53 am  36 19.3  118  3.0  2.2  3 mi. NW of Olancha, CA               
 5/23  4:11 am  36 19.4  118  2.7  3.0  3 mi. NW of Olancha, CA               
 5/23  6:01 am  36 19.8  118  2.1  2.0  3 mi. NNW of Olancha, CA              
 5/23  6:49 am  33  9.8  115 55.4  2.1  8 mi. SSE of Salton City, CA          
 5/23  8:50 am  32 43.5  118  1.7  2.3  19 mi. ESE of San Clemente Is., CA (SE tip) 
 5/23  9:30 am  34 41.7  116 17.5  2.0  38 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA            
 5/23  9:35 am  34 22.0  116  8.2  2.4  16 mi. NNW of Twentynine Palms, CA     
 5/23  1:53 pm  33 45.0  116 57.8  2.0  0 mi. ENE of Hemet, CA                 
 5/23  8:34 pm  34 33.5  116 16.0  2.4  29 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA            
 5/23 11:41 pm  32  4.2  116 44.4  2.9  37 mi. SSE of San Ysidro, CA           
 5/24  1:46 am  32 11.0  115  4.2  2.2  41 mi. SE of Calexico, CA              
 5/24  2:11 am  33 11.6  116  5.4  2.0  4 mi. NE of Ocotillo Wells, CA         
 5/24 12:29 pm  32 35.4  116  8.0  2.5  12 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA              
 5/24 12:36 pm  34 19.1  119 57.6  2.1  8 mi. SW of Isla Vista, CA             
 5/24  2:14 pm  34 53.0  116 20.5  2.0  30 mi. SSW of Baker, CA                
 5/24  4:27 pm  34 35.8  116 17.4  2.1  31 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA            
 5/24 11:40 pm  32 36.1  118  2.7  2.0  23 mi. SE of San Clemente Is., CA (SE tip) 
 5/25  3:26 am  33 34.1  116 54.6  2.4  12 mi. SSE of Hemet, CA                
 5/25  8:07 am  34 11.8  117 23.1  2.6  2 mi. SSE of Devore, CA                
 5/25  8:12 am  34 33.7  116 30.4  2.0  30 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA           
 5/25  9:39 am  33 58.2  116 23.3  2.1  6 mi. E of Desert Hot Springs, CA      
 5/25 10:15 am  34 36.0  116 17.1  3.0  32 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA            
 5/25  2:38 pm  34 17.5  116 54.1  2.0  3 mi. N of town of Big Bear Lake, CA   
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