SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA SEISMOGRAPHIC NETWORK A Cooperative Project of Caltech and the U.S. Geological Survey February 15, 1996 Weekly Earthquake Report for Southern California ------------------------------------------------ February 8 - 14, 1996 Prepared by: Kate Hutton, Seismological Laboratory (kate@bombay.gps.caltech.edu) Lucy Jones, U. S. Geological Survey California Institute of Technology For further information, please contact the authors or the Caltech Public Relations Office at 818-395-6326. For daily updates, call our Earthquake Information Hotline: 818-395-6977. -------------------------------- This week's Report covers the time period from midnight Thursday morning, February 8, Universal Time (ie. GMT), to midnight Wednesday night, February 14, Universal Time. In local time, the period of coverage is from 4 p.m., February 7 to 4 p.m., February 14, Pacific Standard Time. We detected and processed 462 earthquakes during the 7-day period covered. There were two quakes above M3 this week and two quakes felt; they were the same ones. The first was a Landers after- shock (of the Mw7.3 June 28, 1992 mainshock), ML3.6, located north of Yucca Valley, early Friday morning. It had the strike-slip focal mechanism that we have come to expect from Landers aftershocks in that area. The other felt quake was very early on Monday morning, M3.0, located in the San Gabriel Mountains north of Upland. It occurred well to the north of the aftershock zone of the (June 28, 1991 ML5.8) Upland quake. The table lists the quakes this 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. Table 1 ------- Date Time N Lat. W Long. Mag ------------------------------------------------------------- 2/7 9:36 pm 35 47.5 117 39.4 2.1 11 mi. N of Ridgecrest 2/8 12:44 am 36 34.9 118 1.3 2.3 2 mi. ESE of Lone Pine 2/8 7:58 am 35 10.4 116 14.1 2.1 11 mi. SW of Baker 2/8 9:15 am 35 31.8 118 25.1 2.1 7 mi. SSE of town of Lake Isabella 2/8 11:07 am 35 31.7 118 25.2 2.1 " 2/8 11:10 am 35 31.5 118 25.1 2.0 " 2/8 12:36 pm 36 11.3 117 53.5 2.0 Coso Range, 4 mi. E of Haiwee Reservoir 2/8 1:25 pm 35 31.6 118 25.1 2.3 8 mi. SSE of town of Lake Isabella 2/8 1:35 pm 33 0.3 117 50.2 2.7 32 mi. SSW of Dana Point 2/8 4:30 pm 35 47.3 117 40.2 2.1 11 mi. N of Ridgecrest 2/8 5:47 pm 33 34.4 118 11.3 2.1 10 mi. SE of Pt. Fermin, San Pedro 2/9 1:46 am 35 44.4 117 37.7 2.0 8 mi. NNE of Ridgecrest 2/9 4:14 am 34 22.3 116 27.8 3.6 17 mi. N of Yucca Valley FELT in Yucca Valley 2/9 6:27 am 33 2.5 116 13.9 2.2 9 mi. SW of Ocotillo Wells 2/9 6:31 am 33 2.6 116 14.0 2.0 " 2/9 10:26 am 35 49.1 117 40.9 2.2 13 mi. N of Ridgecrest 2/9 11:11 am 35 23.2 117 15.0 2.0 20 mi. W of Goldstone Lake 2/9 1:47 pm 35 47.4 117 39.1 2.0 11 mi. N of Ridgecrest 2/9 3:13 pm 33 2.3 116 13.9 2.0 9 mi. SW of Ocotillo Wells 2/9 4:46 pm 35 49.1 117 41.1 2.5 13 mi. N of Ridgecrest 2/9 7:38 pm 35 49.1 117 41.1 2.6 " 2/10 4:48 am 36 12.4 120 13.5 2.7 8 mi. ENE of Coalinga 2/10 8:15 am 35 47.9 117 38.4 2.1 12 mi. N of Ridgecrest 2/10 1:00 pm 35 47.3 117 39.7 2.0 11 mi. N of Ridgecrest 2/10 3:08 pm 35 45.0 117 37.3 2.3 9 mi. NNE of Ridgecrest 2/11 12:33 pm 36 2.1 117 48.5 2.3 Coso Range, 7 mi. E of Coso Junction 2/11 9:08 pm 36 11.0 117 51.8 2.0 Coso Range, 5 mi. E of Haiwee Reservoir 2/11 9:19 pm 36 11.5 117 51.1 2.0 " 2/11 11:42 pm 35 44.5 117 37.7 2.2 8 mi. NNE of Ridgecrest 2/12 2:34 am 34 12.4 117 38.3 3.0 7 mi. N of Upland; FELT in the Upland area 2/12 4:29 am 33 55.7 116 54.1 2.2 1 mi. W of Banning 2/12 6:14 am 35 44.3 117 38.0 2.1 8 mi. NNE of Ridgecrest 2/12 2:01 pm 34 12.5 117 38.5 2.1 7 mi. N of Upland 2/13 2:57 am 33 19.4 116 19.7 2.3 5 mi. NNE of Borrego Springs 2/13 7:52 am 35 2.9 116 58.4 2.4 11 mi. NNE of Barstow 2/13 6:17 pm 34 22.6 116 26.9 2.4 17 mi. N of Yucca Valley 2/14 5:12 am 34 11.5 117 24.0 2.4 Cajon Pass, 2 mi. S of Devore 2/14 7:52 am 34 55.3 116 45.7 2.6 15 mi. E of Barstow 2/14 11:30 am 33 15.1 116 0.9 2.0 3 mi. WSW of Salton City 2/14 2:19 pm 35 44.9 117 37.0 2.4 9 mi. NNE of Ridgecrest -------------------------------------------------------------