Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

September 24, 1999


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, September 16 (PDT) through 5 pm on Thursday, September 23 (PDT). During this period, we detected and analysed 203 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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 9/16 10:33 pm  36  1.2  117 52.5  2.3  4 mi. ESE of Coso Junction, CA        
 9/17  3:28 am  36  1.3  117 52.7  2.0  4 mi. ESE of Coso Junction, CA        
 9/17  6:46 am  33 20.3  116 11.7  2.0  11 mi. ENE of Borrego Springs, CA     
 9/17  9:17 am  32 45.6  115 26.0  2.4  7 mi. NNE of Calexico, CA             
 9/17  9:18 am  32 45.2  115 26.1  2.3  6 mi. NNE of Calexico, CA             
 9/17  9:24 am  32 46.0  115 26.3  2.2  7 mi. NNE of Calexico, CA             
 9/17  9:33 am  33 49.6  118 27.1  2.3  3 mi. NNW of Palos Verdes Point, CA   
 9/17 10:09 am  32 46.6  115 26.0  2.5  6 mi. E of El Centro, CA              
 9/17 10:11 am  32 46.0  115 26.1  2.0  7 mi. NNE of Calexico, CA             
 9/17  8:15 pm  34  2.9  119 33.8  2.3  2 mi. WNW of Santa Cruz Is., CA (E end)
 9/17  9:52 pm  32 42.1  115 58.6  2.2  2 mi. SSE of Ocotillo, CA           
 9/18  1:55 am  32 46.5  115 25.8  2.4  7 mi. E of El Centro, CA            
 9/18  6:38 am  32 45.7  115 26.3  3.0  7 mi. NNE of Calexico, CA           
 9/18 12:34 pm  34 22.6  118 41.6  2.0  6 mi. N of Simi Valley, CA          
 9/19  2:05 am  34  3.4  116 44.1  2.0  6 mi. ESE of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA   
 9/19  3:51 am  32 25.8  115 10.9  2.4  24 mi. SE of Calexico, CA           
 9/19  5:16 am  32  0.6  114 40.3  2.7  47 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                
 9/19  6:33 am  33 59.6  116 27.4  2.0  3 mi. NE of Desert Hot Springs, CA  
 9/19 11:19 am  36 12.1  117 53.5  2.5  8 mi. SE of Olancha, CA             
 9/19  1:48 pm  35 43.8  118 28.7  2.2  6 mi. N of town of Lake Isabella, CA
 9/19  4:44 pm  32  7.8  115 47.3  2.5  40 mi. SSW of Calexico, CA          
 9/19  7:14 pm  32  5.1  114 40.4  2.8  42 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                
 9/19  8:23 pm  34 23.5  116 27.9  2.2  18 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA        
 9/20 12:02 am  34 19.3  116 50.7  4.2  3 mi. N of Big Bear City, CA        
                                        FELT from Apple Valley to Palm Springs
 9/20 12:05 am  34 19.4  116 50.5  2.8  4 mi. N of Big Bear City, CA        
 9/20 12:08 am  34 19.2  116 50.2  2.0  3 mi. NNE of Big Bear City, CA      
 9/20  5:32 am  33 49.8  116 59.4  2.4  5 mi. N of Hemet, CA                
 9/20  6:24 am  32 36.0  116  9.2  2.1  13 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA           
 9/20  6:25 am  32 42.3  115 58.3  2.0  2 mi. SSE of Ocotillo, CA           
 9/20  3:12 pm  32  5.8  114 38.3  2.9  41 mi. S of Yuma, AZ                
 9/21  5:37 am  33 56.2  118 53.6  2.2  6 mi. SW of Pt. Dume, CA            
 9/21  9:39 pm  33  1.4  117 47.9  2.5  29 mi. SSW of San Clemente, CA      
 9/22 12:15 am  36  1.6  117 52.4  2.1  4 mi. ESE of Coso Junction, CA      
 9/22  3:07 am  33 12.6  117 47.5  2.4  17 mi. SSW of Dana Point, CA        
 9/22  5:13 am  32 37.9  116  7.5  2.3  10 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA           
 9/22  6:49 am  36 27.7  117 51.4  2.1  14 mi. NNE of Olancha, CA           
 9/22 11:42 am  36  0.6  117 51.7  2.0  5 mi. ESE of Coso Junction, CA      
 9/22  3:21 pm  33 15.6  117 27.0  2.4  5 mi. NW of Oceanside, CA           
 9/23  2:16 am  33 18.9  116 51.6  2.3  2 mi. S of Palomar Observatory, CA  
 9/23  2:32 pm  34 38.1  116 29.8  2.0  28 mi. ENE of Lucerne Valley, CA    
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