Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

September 8, 2000


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, August 31 (PDT) through 5 pm on Thursday, September 7 (PDT). During this period we dectected and analysed 216 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.

Date  Time      Lat.     Long.     Mag. Descriptive location
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 8/31  9:35 pm  34 24.6  116 11.5  2.3  20 mi. NNE of Joshua Tree, CA         
 9/1  12:44 am  34 43.2  116 17.5  2.0  40 mi. N   of Joshua Tree, CA         
 9/1  12:53 am  32 41.8  116  0.9  2.0  2 mi. SSW of Ocotillo, CA             
 9/1   7:59 pm  34 39.6  116 16.9  2.0  36 mi. N   of Joshua Tree, CA         
 9/1   9:02 pm  34 39.3  116 16.9  2.0  35 mi. N   of Joshua Tree, CA         
 9/1  11:58 pm  34 39.6  116 16.8  2.4  36 mi. N   of Joshua Tree, CA         
 9/2   1:50 am  34 17.9  116 49.8  2.1  2 mi. NNE of Big Bear City, CA        
 9/2   2:12 am  34 38.9  116 17.2  2.4  35 mi. N   of Joshua Tree, CA         
 9/2   6:51 am  34 22.4  118 50.9  2.0  4 mi. ESE of Fillmore, CA             
 9/2  10:28 am  34 22.5  118 52.3  2.0  3 mi. ESE of Fillmore, CA             
 9/2   2:57 pm  33 55.4  116 40.9  2.6  5 mi. E   of Cabazon, CA              
 9/2   5:48 pm  34 22.2  118 51.6  2.1  3 mi. ESE of Fillmore, CA             
 9/3   1:51 am  35  6.7  119  6.5  2.2  11 mi. NW  of Wheeler Ridge, CA       
 9/3   9:48 am  34 40.2  116 13.0  2.2  37 mi. N   of Joshua Tree, CA         
 9/3   4:44 pm  35 30.9  118 26.5  2.4  8 mi. S   of town of Lake Isabella, CA
 9/3   6:16 pm  32 35.5  116  9.7  2.1  13 mi. SW  of Ocotillo, CA            
 9/4   6:54 am  34 25.9  116 15.6  2.1  20 mi. N   of Joshua Tree, CA         
 9/4   9:11 am  34 21.4  116  9.1  2.1  16 mi. NNW of Twentynine Palms, CA    
 9/4  10:27 am  34 18.1  116 49.9  2.9  2 mi. NNE of Big Bear City, CA        
                                        FELT in Big Bear City
 9/4   2:23 pm  35 28.2  118 20.2  2.0  13 mi. SSE of town of Lake Isabella, CA
 9/4   4:11 pm  34 38.9  116 17.3  2.2  35 mi. N   of Joshua Tree, CA         
 9/4   8:28 pm  34 48.3  116 16.1  2.2  33 mi. SSW of Baker, CA               
 9/5  12:18 pm  34 34.3  116 15.6  2.2  30 mi. N   of Joshua Tree, CA         
 9/5   6:09 pm  33 47.7  117 37.8  2.3  6 mi. SW  of Corona, CA               
 9/5  10:57 pm  33 48.2  117 37.9  2.0  6 mi. SW  of Corona, CA               
 9/6   6:31 am  33 14.4  116  7.4  2.0  6 mi. N   of Ocotillo Wells, CA       
 9/6   8:06 am  34 27.5  116 15.6  2.0  22 mi. N   of Joshua Tree, CA         
 9/6   6:36 pm  34 22.4  118 48.9  2.1  6 mi. ESE of Fillmore, CA             
 9/6   7:09 pm  34 22.9  118 50.0  2.0  4 mi. ESE of Fillmore, CA             
 9/6   7:37 pm  34 22.5  118 49.7  2.3  5 mi. ESE of Fillmore, CA             
 9/6   7:38 pm  34 22.2  118 50.9  2.1  4 mi. ESE of Fillmore, CA             
 9/7  12:34 pm  34 52.8  116 20.6  3.2  30 mi. SSW of Baker, CA               
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