Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

September 20, 2002


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, September 12 (PDT) through 5 pm on Thursday, September 19 (PDT). During this period we dectected and analysed 196 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.


          Mag. Local Date Local Time Lat.      Long.    Depth  Descriptive location

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13812836  2.6  2002/09/14 12:35:28 35 16.2 N 118 32.8 W  6.7   18 km (11 mi) NNW  of Tehachapi, CA  
13812864  1.9  2002/09/14 14:04:05 35 19.1 N 118 30.8 W  6.6   22 km (13 mi) NNW  of Tehachapi, CA  
13813108  2.5  2002/09/15 08:50:52 32 16.2 N 115 16.4 W  7.0   49 km (30 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
13813192  3.3  2002/09/15 14:15:50 34  3.3 N 116 19.2 W 10.5    9 km ( 6 mi) S    of Joshua Tree, CA  
               FELT in Joshua Tree, Desert Hot Springs, Palm Springs.
13813252  2.0  2002/09/15 19:05:08 32 35.4 N 116 10.9 W  4.9   24 km (15 mi) SW   of Ocotillo, CA  
13813324  2.2  2002/09/16 04:43:11 34  3.3 N 116 19.0 W 10.6    9 km ( 6 mi) S    of Joshua Tree, CA  
13813696  3.7  2002/09/17 08:00:05 33 30.2 N 116 46.7 W 16.0   11 km ( 7 mi) WSW  of Anza, CA  
               FELT from El Cajon to Cajon Pass, Max MMI IV.
13813760  2.8  2002/09/17 10:07:01 33 30.5 N 116 46.8 W 16.0   11 km ( 7 mi) WSW  of Anza, CA  
               FELT in Hemet, Idyllwild & Temecula.
13819588  2.1  2002/09/17 18:04:42 33 10.8 N 115 36.2 W  2.1    3 km ( 2 mi) ENE  of Obsidian Butte, CA  
13819632  2.0  2002/09/17 19:25:42 32 21.8 N 115 15.0 W  7.0   41 km (25 mi) SE   of Calexico, CA  
13819680  2.2  2002/09/17 22:23:30 33 12.0 N 116  2.1 W 16.4   11 km ( 7 mi) NE   of Ocotillo Wells, CA  
13819688  2.2  2002/09/17 23:28:49 36 28.2 N 118 18.7 W  9.7   12 km ( 8 mi) S    of Mt. Whitney, CA  
13819712  2.0  2002/09/18 01:17:39 34 25.0 N 116 28.9 W 12.6   33 km (21 mi) N    of Yucca Valley, CA  
13820028  2.7  2002/09/18 15:50:53 33 55.6 N 119 53.3 W 18.2   17 km (10 mi) SSE  of Santa Cruz Is. 
13820052  2.9  2002/09/18 20:00:25 33 47.0 N 118 30.4 W 14.8    8 km ( 5 mi) W    of Palos Verdes Point, CA  
               FELT in South Bay cities, Palos Verdes to Santa Monica.
               Max MMI IV.
13820088  3.8  2002/09/18 23:21:04 34 52.0 N 116 23.7 W  3.5   53 km (33 mi) SSW  of Baker, CA  
               FELT in Victorville, Landers areas.  Max MMI III
13820196  2.1  2002/09/19 08:59:10 33  9.4 N 115 38.0 W  3.6    1 km ( 1 mi) SSE  of Obsidian Butte, CA  
13820200  2.8  2002/09/19 08:59:55 33  9.8 N 115 38.2 W  4.1    1 km ( 0 mi) S    of Obsidian Butte, CA  
 9826245  2.0  2002/09/19 14:28:17 36  2.5 N 117 52.8 W  3.5    6 km ( 4 mi) E    of Coso Junction, CA  
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