Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

June 23, 2000


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, June 15 (PDT) through 5 pm on Thursday, June 22 (PDT). During this period we dectected and analysed 332 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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 6/15  6:24 pm  34 51.0  116 25.2  2.2  34 mi. SW of Baker, CA             
 6/15  9:26 pm  32 47.9  115 28.0  2.0  4 mi. E of El Centro, CA           
 6/16  2:55 am  35 47.1  117 39.2  2.0  11 mi. N of Ridgecrest, CA         
 6/16  3:56 am  32 51.8  115 30.5  2.2  5 mi. NNE of El Centro, CA         
 6/16  4:06 am  32  9.9  115  4.0  2.6  42 mi. SE of Calexico, CA          
 6/16  4:20 am  33  2.2  116 35.1  2.1  3 mi. SSE of Julian, CA            
 6/16  5:01 am  34 21.6  118 51.5  2.1  4 mi. SE of Fillmore, CA           
 6/16  5:03 am  34 21.6  118 50.0  2.3  5 mi. NNE of Moorpark, CA          
 6/16  5:08 am  34 21.4  118 49.4  2.1  5 mi. NNE of Moorpark, CA          
 6/16  7:10 am  34 11.4  117 46.7  2.2  6 mi. NNW of Claremont Colleges, CA
 6/16  9:23 am  32 53.2  115 30.3  2.0  5 mi. SSE of Brawley, CA           
 6/16  1:09 pm  34  1.6  117 10.6  2.3  1 mi. S of Redlands, CA            
 6/16 10:14 pm  34 13.5  117 27.0  2.3  2 mi. W of Devore, CA              
 6/17  2:08 am  34 34.8  116 16.4  2.3  30 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA        
 6/17  3:09 am  32 52.5  115 31.0  2.3  6 mi. S of Brawley, CA             
 6/17  3:10 am  32 52.5  115 30.6  2.6  6 mi. SSE of Brawley, CA        
 6/17  4:04 am  32 52.7  115 31.0  2.9  5 mi. S of Brawley, CA             
 6/17  7:05 am  32 16.6  114 55.7  2.6  34 mi. SSW of Yuma, AZ             
 6/17  7:35 am  34 43.0  116 16.6  2.3  40 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA        
 6/17  9:38 am  34 56.8  119  4.1  2.4  8 mi. WSW of Wheeler Ridge, CA     
 6/17 10:35 am  34 38.5  116 17.1  2.0  34 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA        
 6/17  5:55 pm  33 10.8  115 36.0  2.3  2 mi. ENE of Obsidian Butte, CA    
 6/18  1:59 am  33 41.2  117 57.8  2.0  2 mi. SSW of Fountain Valley, CA   
 6/18  6:39 am  34 34.2  116 14.4  2.1  30 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA        
 6/18 10:16 am  34 36.8  116 18.4  2.3  32 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA        
 6/18  2:40 pm  33 10.2  115 36.9  2.1  1 mi. E of Obsidian Butte, CA      
 6/18  6:22 pm  34 22.0  116 28.0  2.4  17 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA       
 6/18  6:38 pm  33 15.1  116  0.2  2.0  2 mi. SW of Salton City, CA        
 6/18  8:40 pm  34 40.0  116 17.3  2.0  36 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA        
 6/18 10:40 pm  32 31.0  117 52.8  2.3  34 mi. SE of San Clemente Is., CA 
 6/19  1:29 pm  34 19.3  116 27.7  2.1  14 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA      
 6/19  2:15 pm  34 38.8  116 17.2  2.3  35 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA       
 6/19  5:09 pm  32 28.3  115 16.9  2.3  18 mi. SE of Calexico, CA         
 6/20 12:44 am  33 15.4  116 17.5  2.4  4 mi. E of Borrego Springs, CA    
 6/20  6:51 am  36 44.2  118 22.4  2.2  11 mi. NNW of Mt. Whitney, CA     
 6/20 12:55 pm  34 41.7  116 17.6  2.0  38 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA       
 6/20  2:10 pm  34 50.4  116 24.1  2.8  34 mi. SSW of Baker, CA           
 6/20  2:55 pm  32 54.7  115 29.6  2.3  4 mi. SE of Brawley, CA           
 6/20  6:05 pm  32 54.4  115 29.6  2.0  4 mi. SSE of Brawley, CA          
 6/21  9:46 am  32 27.0  115 48.3  2.1  22 mi. SSE of Ocotillo, CA        
 6/21 12:18 pm  34 42.8  116 17.1  2.6  39 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA       
 6/21  1:52 pm  36 57.7  118 16.1  2.2  11 mi. NNW of Independence, CA    
 6/21  2:17 pm  33 10.8  115 36.0  2.4  2 mi. ENE of Obsidian Butte, CA   
 6/21  2:43 pm  36 58.5  118 16.0  3.0  12 mi. NNW of Independence, CA    
 6/21  2:57 pm  36 58.6  118 15.3  2.9  12 mi. NNW of Independence, CA    
 6/21  3:08 pm  33 10.2  115 35.8  2.2  2 mi. E of Obsidian Butte, CA     
 6/21  3:09 pm  33 10.4  115 35.7  2.5  2 mi. E of Obsidian Butte, CA     
 6/21  3:19 pm  34 18.3  116  4.3  2.3  11 mi. N of Twentynine Palms, CA  
 6/21  4:00 pm  33 10.2  115 35.3  2.3  2 mi. E of Obsidian Butte, CA     
 6/21  6:46 pm  33  1.1  116 25.5  2.0  10 mi. ESE of Julian, CA          
 6/21  7:57 pm  33 11.3  115 35.5  2.2  2 mi. ENE of Obsidian Butte, CA   
 6/22  7:48 am  34 31.7  116 15.9  2.6  27 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA       
 6/22 10:05 am  34  2.7  117 15.2  2.6  Under Loma Linda, CA              
 6/22 11:31 am  34 48.7  116 42.1  2.2  19 mi. ESE of Barstow, CA         
 6/22  2:06 pm  36  3.1  117 39.6  2.9  16 mi. E of Coso Junction, CA     
 6/22  2:08 pm  33 30.0  118 21.4  2.0  10 mi. N of Avalon, Catalina Island, CA
 6/22  3:16 pm  34 34.5  116 15.8  2.3  30 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA         
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