Recent earthquake near Hector Mine / Joshua Tree

Last updated: 2018-03-26 17:50:55 UTC

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Early Saturday morning, October 16th, 1999 at approximately 2:46 PST we recorded an earthquake located in a sparsely populated area 55 km (34 miles) northwest of Twentynine Palms and 76 km (47 miles) east-southeast of Barstow. This earthquake was felt in the San Diego area. Preliminary source parameters are shown below.

Pre-shocks Main Event and Aftershocks

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Latitude Longitude Origin time Depth Mw Author Waveforms
34.412 -116.338 10/16/1999 (289) 09:46:47.103 0.000   UCSD available
34.600 -116.270 10/16/1999 (289) 09:46:44.000 6.000 7.00 SCEC available
34.640 -116.440 10/16/1999 (289) 09:59:34.000 10.0 5.3 QED available
34.440 -116.250 10/16/1999 (289) 12:57:21.000 1.0 5.8 QED available
34.860 -116.35 10/21/1999 (294) 01:54:06.000 4.5 5.1 SCEC available
34.800 -116.41 10/21/1999 (294) 01:54:35.000 1.7 5.0 SCEC available
34.860 -116.40 10/21/1999 (294) 01:57:38.000 1.4 5.0 SCEC available
34.85 -116.42 10/22/1999 (295) 16:08:48.000 6.0 5.1 SCEC  
34.520 -116.27 10/29/1999 (302) 12:36:37.000 0.1 4.5 SCEC  

The event parameters for the main shock are shown in red in the above table. The event parameters for significant aftershocks are shown in orange.

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URL: http://eqinfo.ucsd.edu/special_events/1999/290/a/index.php [Last updated: 2018-03-26 17:50:55 UTC]