Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

July 7, 2000


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, June 29 (PDT) through 5 pm on Thursday, July 6 (PDT). During this period we dectected and analysed 285 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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 6/29  5:37 pm  33 60.0  116 51.4  2.2  5 mi. NNE of Banning, CA      
 6/29  7:18 pm  34 47.8  116 16.7  2.8  34 mi. SSW of Baker, CA       
 6/29  9:01 pm  34 40.5  116 21.9  2.1  37 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA   
 6/29  9:16 pm  34 23.5  116 11.2  2.0  19 mi. NNE of Joshua Tree, CA 
 6/30 12:16 am  32  9.3  115  3.3  2.4  43 mi. SE of Calexico, CA     
 6/30  2:41 am  34  2.6  116 38.2  3.7  3 mi. W of Morongo Valley, CA 
                                        FELT in Palm Springs, Banning areas
 6/30 12:35 pm  34 33.8  119 51.8  2.2  8 mi. NNW of Goleta, CA       
 6/30  7:19 pm  33 13.9  116  5.3  2.1  6 mi. NNE of Ocotillo Wells, CA
 6/30 11:45 pm  33 13.6  116 13.8  2.1  8 mi. NW of Ocotillo Wells, CA 
 7/1  12:33 am  32 52.8  115 30.8  2.2  5 mi. SSE of Brawley, CA       
 7/1   3:44 am  34  3.0  117 15.3  2.0  Under Loma Linda, CA           
 7/1   5:23 am  34 35.5  116 36.8  2.1  21 mi. ENE of Lucerne Valley, CA
 7/1   9:01 am  32 53.3  115 30.5  2.2  5 mi. SSE of Brawley, CA        
 7/1   9:33 am  32 52.8  115 30.7  2.2  5 mi. SSE of Brawley, CA        
 7/1   2:10 pm  35  5.4  118 19.0  2.2  7 mi. ESE of Tehachapi, CA      
 7/2  12:50 am  35  6.7  117  0.1  2.0  15 mi. N of Barstow, CA         
 7/2   3:41 am  34 48.2  116 15.6  2.2  33 mi. SSW of Baker, CA         
 7/2   6:16 am  32 41.8  115 55.8  2.2  4 mi. SE of Ocotillo, CA        
 7/2  10:34 am  32 53.6  115 31.0  2.0  4 mi. SSE of Brawley, CA        
 7/2   3:29 pm  34 32.2  116 14.7  2.3  27 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA     
 7/2  10:55 pm  35 41.4  117 35.6  2.4  6 mi. NE of Ridgecrest, CA      
 7/3  12:16 am  36 19.8  118  3.0  2.1  4 mi. NW of Olancha, CA         
 7/3   6:35 am  34 47.7  116 17.3  2.0  34 mi. SSW of Baker, CA         
 7/3   7:59 am  34 48.3  116 16.5  2.9  33 mi. SSW of Baker, CA         
 7/3  12:49 pm  34 47.3  116 17.5  2.4  35 mi. SSW of Baker, CA         
 7/3   1:21 pm  34 47.4  116 18.0  2.4  35 mi. SSW of Baker, CA         
 7/3   3:36 pm  34 18.0  118 29.3  2.8  2 mi. NNE of Granada Hills, CA  
                                        FELT in San Fernando Valley
 7/3   8:49 pm  36  1.4  117 41.9  2.0  14 mi. E of Coso Junction, CA   
 7/3   9:08 pm  34 34.7  116 15.9  2.0  30 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA     
 7/3   9:36 pm  34 21.6  116  7.9  2.4  16 mi. NNW of Twentynine Palms, CA
 7/3  10:09 pm  34 24.8  116 10.4  2.1  20 mi. NNW of Twentynine Palms, CA
 7/4   7:01 am  35 57.0  117 40.9  2.0  16 mi. ESE of Coso Junction, CA   
 7/4   2:09 pm  32  7.8  115  4.9  2.7  44 mi. SSE of Calexico, CA        
 7/4  11:26 pm  34 51.5  116 24.6  2.0  33 mi. SW of Baker, CA            
 7/4  11:36 pm  33 57.0  116 23.7  2.6  6 mi. E of Desert Hot Springs, CA 
 7/5  12:17 am  34 23.1  116 27.4  2.5  18 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA      
 7/5   1:17 am  33 44.2  117  0.8  2.4  2 mi. WSW of Hemet, CA            
 7/5   1:41 am  35 44.8  118 24.5  2.1  8 mi. NNE of town of Lake Isabella, CA
 7/5   4:27 am  34 36.1  116 15.3  2.8  32 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA      
 7/5   4:33 am  34 36.1  116 15.4  2.3  32 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA      
 7/5   6:03 am  33 27.5  116 27.8  2.1  14 mi. NNW of Borrego Springs, CA
 7/5   8:01 am  34 26.5  116 15.7  2.2  21 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA      
 7/5   3:06 pm  34 48.1  116 15.7  2.1  33 mi. SSW of Baker, CA          
 7/5   3:33 pm  34 59.5  117 28.4  2.0  10 mi. E of Boron, CA            
 7/5   7:54 pm  34 38.6  116 17.1  2.7  35 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA      
 7/5  10:07 pm  33 40.2  116 41.7  2.0  5 mi. SSE of Idyllwild, CA       
 7/5  11:07 pm  36  3.6  117 52.0  2.2  4 mi. ENE of Coso Junction, CA   
 7/6   1:56 pm  36  4.7  117 52.1  2.4  5 mi. ENE of Coso Junction, CA   
 7/6   3:26 pm  34 22.4  116 26.8  2.4  17 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA     
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