Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

September 15, 2000


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, September 7 (PDT) through 5 pm on Thursday, September 14 (PDT). During this period we dectected and analysed 351 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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 9/7   7:22 pm  36 18.9  118  2.5  2.1  3 mi. NW of Olancha, CA           
 9/7   9:12 pm  32 36.3  117 59.8  2.4  25 mi. SE of San Clemente Is., CA 
 9/7   9:15 pm  34 20.8  116 27.6  2.6  15 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA        
 9/7   9:35 pm  34  3.5  117 32.2  2.5  4 mi. SE of Rancho Cucamonga, CA    
 9/8   3:08 am  34 19.7  116 27.7  2.5  14 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA        
 9/8   2:16 pm  35 21.6  118 52.1  2.5  7 mi. E of Bakersfield, CA          
 9/8  10:40 pm  36  4.8  117 48.6  2.7  8 mi. ENE of Coso Junction, CA      
 9/8  11:50 pm  32 22.3  115 15.1  2.5  24 mi. SE of Calexico, CA           
 9/9   1:43 am  34 41.0  116 17.9  2.0  37 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA         
 9/9   3:02 am  34 40.9  116 17.9  2.2  37 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA         
 9/9   3:59 am  33  9.6  115 39.1  2.3  1 mi. SW of Obsidian Butte, CA      
 9/9   4:34 am  35 18.5  118 58.5  2.2  4 mi. SSE of Bakersfield, CA        
 9/9   4:39 am  36  5.6  117 48.4  2.2  8 mi. ENE of Coso Junction, CA      
 9/9   4:47 am  34 40.4  116 12.9  2.2  37 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA         
 9/9   6:15 am  33 41.9  118 35.8  2.0  11 mi. WSW of Palos Verdes Point, CA
 9/9  12:12 pm  36 46.8  116 18.6  3.5  37 mi. NE of Furnace Creek, CA    
 9/9   1:30 pm  36 13.9  117 53.2  2.2  7 mi. ESE of Olancha, CA          
 9/9   6:13 pm  34 22.7  118 51.6  2.0  3 mi. ESE of Fillmore, CA         
 9/10  2:49 am  32  7.4  115 48.2  2.4  41 mi. SSW of Calexico, CA        
 9/10  5:04 am  36  5.3  117 48.5  2.0  8 mi. ENE of Coso Junction, CA    
 9/10  7:06 am  36 19.8  118  3.0  2.0  4 mi. NW of Olancha, CA           
 9/10  8:22 am  34 19.9  116 27.6  2.2  14 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA      
 9/10 12:46 pm  34 38.9  116 17.2  2.3  35 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA       
 9/10 12:51 pm  36  5.4  117 48.6  3.1  8 mi. ENE of Coso Junction, CA    
 9/10  2:40 pm  34 40.7  116 18.0  2.2  37 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA       
 9/10  6:07 pm  34 40.3  116 12.7  2.2  37 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA       
 9/10  6:33 pm  36  5.3  117 48.5  2.1  8 mi. ENE of Coso Junction, CA    
 9/10  8:18 pm  32 38.3  116  6.0  2.9  9 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA          
 9/10 11:32 pm  32 36.9  117  7.1  2.3  6 mi. NW of San Ysidro, CA        
 9/11  2:35 am  34 39.6  116 17.0  2.1  36 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA       
 9/11  7:29 am  32 38.8  116  5.8  2.9  8 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA          
 9/11 12:00 pm  33 29.9  116 29.0  2.0  11 mi. ESE of Anza, CA            
 9/11 12:32 pm  34 43.7  116 17.7  2.0  39 mi. SSW of Baker, CA           
 9/11  5:22 pm  34 51.9  116 24.7  3.1  33 mi. SW of Baker, CA            
 9/11  6:07 pm  32 43.0  115 49.1  3.6  10 mi. E of Ocotillo, CA          
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 9/11  6:14 pm  35 27.4  118 20.6  2.2  14 mi. SSE of town of Lake Isabella, CA
 9/11  7:09 pm  34 35.4  116 14.4  2.9  31 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA     
 9/11  9:12 pm  34 18.2  116 50.0  2.9  2 mi. NNE of Big Bear City, CA  
 9/12  1:05 am  32 38.3  116  5.9  2.4  9 mi. SW of Ocotillo, CA        
 9/12  7:49 am  34 24.4  116 27.1  2.0  19 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA    
 9/12  9:54 am  34  3.4  117 15.4  2.4  Under Loma Linda, CA            
 9/13  1:21 am  34 17.9  116 49.8  2.1  2 mi. NNE of Big Bear City, CA  
 9/13 12:19 pm  36  5.3  117 48.7  2.0  8 mi. ENE of Coso Junction, CA  
 9/13  2:28 pm  34 28.1  116 31.0  2.2  24 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA    
 9/14 12:06 am  34  3.2  117 18.3  2.1  3 mi. W of Loma Linda, CA       
 9/14 12:35 am  36  5.2  117 48.7  2.5  8 mi. ENE of Coso Junction, CA  
 9/14  1:26 am  32  7.9  115 46.8  3.2  40 mi. SSW of Calexico, CA      
 9/14  1:33 am  34 23.3  116 27.6  2.1  18 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA    
 9/14  4:17 am  32 50.0  115 56.7  3.1  7 mi. NNE of Ocotillo, CA       
 9/14  8:00 am  33 58.9  116 51.5  2.5  3 mi. NNE of Banning, CA        
 9/14 10:04 am  32 29.5  115 14.0  2.2  19 mi. SE of Calexico, CA       
 9/14 10:27 am  35 59.5  115 58.8  2.7  16 mi. E of Shoshone, CA        
 9/14 11:47 am  34 40.3  116 12.9  2.7  37 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA     
 9/14 12:15 pm  34 41.4  116 17.6  2.4  38 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA     
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