Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

October 20, 2000


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, October 12 (PDT) through 5 pm on Thursday, October 19 (PDT). During this period we dectected and analysed 295 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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 9583517  2.1  2000/10/12 18:19:01 34 40.4 N 116 17.5 W  7.0   60 km (37 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA
 9583565  2.3  2000/10/12 20:50:24 34 55.1 N 116 46.1 W  2.7   24 km (15 mi) E    of Barstow, CA
 9583593  2.0  2000/10/12 23:01:25 34 32.5 N 118 55.9 W 21.2   16 km (10 mi) N    of Fillmore, CA
 9165821  2.1  2000/10/13 03:58:59 32  1.7 N 115 45.0 W  6.0   75 km (47 mi) SSW  of Calexico, CA
 9583641  3.0  2000/10/13 04:37:36 33 11.2 N 115 34.0 W  3.1    7 km ( 4 mi) ENE  of Obsidian Butte, CA
 9583661  2.4  2000/10/13 05:50:41 33 11.3 N 115 34.2 W  2.6    7 km ( 4 mi) ENE  of Obsidian Butte, CA
 9583833  2.0  2000/10/13 10:16:12 33 11.5 N 115 34.5 W  2.0    6 km ( 4 mi) ENE  of Obsidian Butte, CA
 9583949  2.1  2000/10/13 12:18:04 33 57.6 N 116 47.4 W  4.7    4 km ( 3 mi) N    of Cabazon, CA
 9584153  2.4  2000/10/13 17:39:44 34  9.2 N 116 43.7 W  9.9   11 km ( 7 mi) ENE  of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA
 9584193  2.6  2000/10/13 20:42:15 34 13.6 N 119 40.4 W  0.0   22 km (14 mi) S    of Santa Barbara, CA
 9584221  2.4  2000/10/13 23:34:53 36 20.9 N 118  2.2 W  6.0    8 km ( 5 mi) NNW  of Olancha, CA
 9584257  2.4  2000/10/14 01:04:12 33 11.3 N 115 33.8 W  1.5    7 km ( 4 mi) SW   of Niland, CA
 9584349  2.5  2000/10/14 06:33:30 35 45.1 N 117 39.4 W  4.4   14 km ( 9 mi) N    of Ridgecrest, CA
 9165930  2.6  2000/10/14 08:40:54 32  8.9 N 114 57.3 W  6.0   69 km (43 mi) SSW  of Yuma, AZ
 9584693  1.9  2000/10/14 19:08:12 34  1.4 N 118 59.2 W 13.5    5 km ( 3 mi) WSW  of Leo Carrillo State Beach, CA
 9584729  2.8  2000/10/14 20:32:44 36 19.2 N 118  2.7 W  0.4    6 km ( 3 mi) NW   of Olancha, CA
 9165983  2.1  2000/10/15 03:20:55 32  3.8 N 115 26.0 W  6.0   67 km (42 mi) S    of Calexico, CA
 9584865  2.1  2000/10/15 06:27:24 34 32.5 N 118 53.8 W 21.3   16 km (10 mi) N    of Fillmore, CA
 9585017  2.2  2000/10/15 16:03:46 35 15.4 N 117 26.5 W  1.1   34 km (21 mi) NNE  of Boron, CA
 9585073  2.3  2000/10/15 17:59:18 34 34.1 N 118 53.9 W 22.5   19 km (12 mi) N    of Fillmore, CA
 9585257  2.1  2000/10/16 06:54:26 34  5.0 N 119  2.2 W 17.0   10 km ( 6 mi) WNW  of Leo Carrillo State Beach, CA
 9585261  2.2  2000/10/16 06:55:05 34  7.0 N 119  0.7 W 15.7   11 km ( 7 mi) NW   of Leo Carrillo State Beach, CA
10952984  2.6  2000/10/16 11:32:54 33 59.9 N 116 18.9 W  6.5   15 km (10 mi) S    of Joshua Tree, CA
10953056  2.0  2000/10/16 13:51:11 34 34.6 N 116 15.4 W  5.8   49 km (31 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA
 9166111  2.1  2000/10/16 20:43:43 32 39.2 N 117 46.3 W  6.0   50 km (31 mi) WSW  of Mission Beach, CA
10953324  2.1  2000/10/16 23:46:55 33 54.9 N 117  2.3 W 15.1    6 km ( 4 mi) WSW  of Beaumont, CA
 9166121  2.2  2000/10/17 00:40:49 32 16.0 N 115 47.6 W  6.0   53 km (33 mi) SSW  of Calexico, CA
10954608  2.7  2000/10/17 04:40:37 34 32.9 N 118 55.4 W 21.3   17 km (10 mi) N    of Fillmore, CA
 7205577  2.4  2000/10/17 04:40:37 34 33.2 N 118 55.4 W 19.4   18 km (11 mi) N    of Fillmore, CA
 9166138  2.2  2000/10/17 06:09:25 32 24.1 N 115 19.7 W  6.0   33 km (21 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA
10954640  2.7  2000/10/17 06:21:21 34 32.5 N 118 53.6 W 20.1   16 km (10 mi) N    of Fillmore, CA
 9166140  2.6  2000/10/17 06:25:37 32 46.5 N 118 40.9 W  6.0   29 km (18 mi) SSW  of San Clemente Is.
10954696  2.1  2000/10/17 07:09:58 34 32.9 N 118 54.1 W 24.1   17 km (11 mi) N    of Fillmore, CA
10954704  2.5  2000/10/17 07:11:44 34 32.7 N 118 54.7 W 19.3   16 km (10 mi) N    of Fillmore, CA
10954972  2.9  2000/10/17 11:58:32 33 52.3 N 117 51.3 W  6.0    4 km ( 3 mi) WSW  of Yorba Linda, CA
               FELT in Orange County
10954996  2.6  2000/10/17 12:30:45 35 43.8 N 117 37.7 W  3.7   13 km ( 8 mi) NNE  of Ridgecrest, CA
10955104  2.8  2000/10/17 14:30:07 34 32.8 N 118 53.8 W 18.6   17 km (10 mi) N    of Fillmore, CA
10955124  2.7  2000/10/17 14:51:35 34 32.6 N 118 54.1 W 20.9   16 km (10 mi) N    of Fillmore, CA
10955200  2.4  2000/10/17 18:59:56 32 25.0 N 115 20.2 W  6.0   32 km (20 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA
 9166205  2.2  2000/10/17 19:03:01 32 24.1 N 115 20.0 W  6.0   33 km (21 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA
 9166207  2.4  2000/10/17 19:36:16 32 25.8 N 115 20.6 W  6.0   30 km (19 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA
10955220  2.5  2000/10/17 19:51:56 34 34.5 N 116 15.8 W  4.9   49 km (30 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA
10955228  2.2  2000/10/17 21:06:28 32 25.3 N 115 20.5 W  6.0   31 km (19 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA
10955268  2.0  2000/10/18 00:13:35 33 38.6 N 116 43.1 W 13.1   11 km ( 7 mi) NNW  of Anza, CA
10955312  2.6  2000/10/18 03:53:29 33 58.7 N 116 50.2 W 17.8    7 km ( 4 mi) NNE  of Banning, CA
10955324  2.1  2000/10/18 04:19:34 34 48.7 N 116 25.6 W  4.7   55 km (34 mi) E    of Barstow, CA
10958592  2.5  2000/10/18 19:23:10 34 48.0 N 116 15.7 W  4.6   55 km (34 mi) SSW  of Baker, CA
10958620  2.1  2000/10/18 22:18:42 34 37.9 N 118 37.4 W  6.5   12 km ( 7 mi) N    of Castaic Lake dam, CA
10958636  2.0  2000/10/18 23:44:59 32 37.6 N 116  5.6 W  4.6   15 km ( 9 mi) SW   of Ocotillo, CA
 9166329  2.0  2000/10/19 04:32:08 32 25.1 N 115 20.8 W  6.0   31 km (19 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA
 3327229  2.2  2000/10/19 04:32:27 32 25.6 N 115 19.8 W  6.0   31 km (19 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA
10958716  2.3  2000/10/19 05:59:18 33 46.0 N 116  7.9 W  4.2   10 km ( 6 mi) NE   of Indio, CA
10958760  2.2  2000/10/19 07:49:21 33  9.4 N 115 37.7 W  2.1    2 km ( 1 mi) SSE  of Obsidian Butte, CA
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