Hello,

The is a rare hit area. I ran the PDE search going back to 1973, 10 Km out. It has done this before, but not very often in the last 33 years anyway. It looks to be just west of a small branch of the Whittier fault. Who knows what it means.....No telling. The depths are the same.

Glen

.1.8 2006/11/26 16:25:27 33.842N 117.869W 10.6 4 km ( 3 mi) ENE of Anaheim, CA
2.3 2006/11/26 00:04:02 33.836N 117.853W 8.5 6 km ( 3 mi) ENE of Anaheim, CA
1.6 2006/11/25 04:52:40 33.827N 117.882W 11.4 3 km ( 2 mi) ENE of Anaheim, CA
2.1 2006/11/24 23:43:07 33.838N 117.876W 9.0 4 km ( 2 mi) ENE of Anaheim, CA
1.9 2006/11/24 23:27:09 33.839N 117.861W 2.8 5 km ( 3 mi) ENE of Anaheim, CA
1.5 2006/11/24 23:12:11 33.821N 117.869W 5.6 4 km ( 2 mi) E of Anaheim, CA
2.3 2006/11/24 23:09:26 33.845N 117.853W 1.9 6 km ( 4 mi) ENE of Anaheim, CA
2.5 2006/11/24 22:50:18 33.839N 117.858W 6.2 5 km ( 3 mi) ENE of Anaheim, CA

U. S. G E O L O G I C A L S U R V E Y
E A R T H Q U A K E D A T A B A S E

FILE CREATED: Mon Nov 27 18:29:23 2006
Circle Search Earthquakes= 28
Circle Center Point Latitude: 33.836N Longitude: 117.853W
Radius: 10.000 km
Catalog Used: PDE
Magnitude Range: 1.0 - 10.0
Data Selection: Historical & Preliminary Data

CAT YEAR MO DA ORIG TIME LAT LONG DEP MAGNITUDE IEFM DTSVNWG DIST
NFPO km
PDE 1977 05 30 161637.90 33.90 -117.88 5 2.60 MLPAS 5F . ....... 7
PDE 1977 05 30 211702.90 33.90 -117.88 5 2.40 MLPAS .F . ....... 7
PDE 1977 09 14 213523.30 33.88 -117.82 2 2.70 MLPAS .F . ....... 6
PDE 1977 11 08 105227.20 33.88 -117.90 7 3.40 MLPAS 5F . ....... 6
PDE 1978 03 08 144934.90 33.83 -117.88 5 2.90 MLPAS 5F . ....... 2
PDE 1978 06 04 035717.30 33.92 -117.83 6 3.50 MLPAS 5F . ....... 9
PDE 1978 09 22 031326.80 33.87 -117.83 4 2.90 MLPAS .F . ....... 3
PDE 1979 08 14 042018.60 33.80 -117.80 6 2.10 MLPAS .F . ....... 6
PDE 1981 07 06 195343.90 33.87 -117.87 4 3.20 MLPAS 4F . ....... 3
PDE 1982 07 18 112550.90 33.83 -117.83 8 3.00 MLPAS 4F . ....... 1
PDE 1982 11 04 161340.70 33.88 -117.92 6 2.80 MLPAS .F . ....... 7
PDE 1984 12 14 212804.70 33.89 -117.82 3 3.10 MLPAS .F . ....... 6
PDE 1991 10 02 184221.30 33.88 -117.77 8 3.40 MLPAS .. . ....... 9
PDE 1992 03 16 103027.91 33.81 -117.79 10 2.70 MLPAS .. . ....... 6
PDE 1994 07 20 221645.34 33.90 -117.87 4 2.60 MLPAS .. . ....... 7
PDE 1997 07 29 201729.63 33.88 -117.83 4 2.70 MLPAS .F . ....... 4
PDE 1998 01 07 174900.67 33.89 -117.88 5 3.10 MLPAS .F . ....... 6
PDE 1998 01 23 124900.81 33.80 -117.81 9 2.90 MLPAS .F . ....... 5
PDE 1998 01 23 130453.79 33.80 -117.81 9 2.90 MLPAS .F . ....... 5
PDE 1998 06 05 014003.60 33.86 -117.87 4 2.70 MLPAS .F . ....... 3
PDE 2000 10 17 185832.40 33.87 -117.86 6 2.90 MLPAS .F . ....... 3
PDE 2001 04 20 233656.95 33.88 -117.85 10 2.80 MLPAS 4F . ....... 4
PDE 2002 03 17 055043.14 33.87 -117.86 9 3.20 MLPAS 4F . ....... 4
PDE 2002 03 19 025315.46 33.87 -117.85 4 2.20 MLPAS .F . ....... 3
PDE 2002 11 22 121614.62 33.88 -117.86 8 2.60 MLPAS .F . ....... 4
PDE 2004 03 04 123516.74 33.88 -117.86 10 2.90 MLPAS 4F . ....... 5
PDE 2004 11 22 053906.66 33.85 -117.78 9 3.00 MLPAS 3F . ....... 7
PDE 2005 07 25 071640.27 33.87 -117.82 5 2.70 MLPAS 3F . ....... 5