Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

November 22, 2000


The time period covered is 4 pm on Thursday, November 16 (PDT) through 4 pm on Tuesday, November 21 (PDT). During this period we dectected and analysed 185 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. PST Date   PST Time  Lat.       Long.    Depth  Descriptive location
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 9597897  2.1  2000/11/16 16:10:49 34  8.3 N 116 50.2 W 10.2    4 km ( 3 mi) NNW  of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA 
 9597929  2.3  2000/11/16 19:41:27 32 39.8 N 117  7.7 W  6.0    7 km ( 4 mi) SSE  of San Diego, CA 
 9598001  2.5  2000/11/17 03:20:11 34 37.0 N 116 14.2 W  5.0   54 km (33 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA 
 9598009  2.2  2000/11/17 05:17:52 36  3.5 N 117 38.7 W  0.7   27 km (17 mi) E    of Coso Junction, CA 
 9598181  2.3  2000/11/17 16:12:50 34 38.7 N 116 17.2 W  5.5   57 km (35 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA 
 9598185  2.1  2000/11/17 18:09:03 34 22.0 N 116 27.7 W  3.7   28 km (17 mi) N    of Yucca Valley, CA 
 9598201  2.2  2000/11/17 20:53:30 33 11.4 N 117 49.4 W 19.6   32 km (20 mi) SSW  of Dana Point, CA 
 9598209  2.1  2000/11/17 22:00:07 34 29.8 N 116 16.1 W  2.3   40 km (25 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA 
 9598241  2.2  2000/11/18 01:39:33 33  9.5 N 115 38.3 W  0.9    1 km ( 1 mi) S    of Obsidian Butte, CA 
 9598293  2.2  2000/11/18 13:02:23 34 33.0 N 116 18.4 W  4.3   46 km (29 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA 
 9598373  2.1  2000/11/19 02:03:15 34 59.2 N 116 56.8 W  5.9   13 km ( 8 mi) NNE  of Barstow, CA 
 9598377  2.1  2000/11/19 02:57:54 34 49.2 N 116 24.8 W  0.8   56 km (35 mi) E    of Barstow, CA 
 9168912  2.5  2000/11/19 03:33:26 32  1.1 N 114 43.9 W  6.0   76 km (47 mi) S    of Yuma, AZ 
 7208273  3.1  2000/11/19 04:47:15 34 33.1 N 118 53.8 W 28.3   17 km (11 mi) N    of Fillmore, CA 
 9598389  2.9  2000/11/19 04:47:15 34 33.5 N 118 53.6 W 27.4   18 km (11 mi) N    of Fillmore, CA 
 9598417  2.3  2000/11/19 11:39:24 34 33.9 N 116 16.0 W  1.3   48 km (30 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA 
 9598453  2.0  2000/11/19 14:37:52 34 34.0 N 118 53.6 W 18.0   19 km (12 mi) N    of Fillmore, CA 
 9598505  2.0  2000/11/20 01:40:00 36  0.8 N 117 41.6 W  0.7   23 km (14 mi) E    of Coso Junction, CA 
 9598509  2.3  2000/11/20 02:00:42 33 11.2 N 115 36.0 W  1.7    4 km ( 2 mi) ENE  of Obsidian Butte, CA 
 9598513  2.1  2000/11/20 02:04:21 33 11.7 N 115 36.8 W  0.1    3 km ( 2 mi) NE   of Obsidian Butte, CA 
 9598545  2.2  2000/11/20 03:51:45 34 29.9 N 116 15.6 W  3.0   41 km (25 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA 
 9168999  2.4  2000/11/20 13:51:23 32 37.9 N 118  4.6 W  6.0   33 km (20 mi) SE   of San Clemente Is. 
 9598649  3.0  2000/11/20 20:26:00 32 43.9 N 115 56.3 W  2.4    5 km ( 3 mi) E    of Ocotillo, CA 
                                   FELT in Ocotillo
 9598653  2.2  2000/11/20 20:30:35 32 43.6 N 115 56.4 W  3.1    5 km ( 3 mi) ESE  of Ocotillo, CA 
 9598673  2.1  2000/11/21 00:38:34 33 43.7 N 116 51.8 W  5.0   10 km ( 6 mi) ESE  of Hemet, CA 
 9169040  2.5  2000/11/21 04:34:57 32  2.2 N 114 40.4 W  6.0   74 km (46 mi) S    of Yuma, AZ 
 9598685  2.9  2000/11/21 06:14:02 34 31.1 N 118 40.7 W 18.9    6 km ( 3 mi) W    of Castaic Lake dam, CA 
                                   FELT at Castaic
 9169065  2.4  2000/11/21 10:46:37 32 40.0 N 118  3.1 W  6.0   32 km (20 mi) ESE  of San Clemente Is. 
 9598749  2.3  2000/11/21 12:26:28 35 55.1 N 117 40.7 W  1.2   28 km (17 mi) ESE  of Coso Junction, CA 
 9169091  2.9  2000/11/21 12:39:41 36 35.5 N 116  8.7 W  6.0   65 km (40 mi) ENE  of Furnace Creek, CA 
 3328677  2.6  2000/11/21 13:32:21 36 37.0 N 116  5.8 W  6.0   70 km (43 mi) ENE  of Furnace Creek, CA 
 9598785  2.5  2000/11/21 15:09:55 34 42.1 N 116 18.1 W  4.1   63 km (39 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA 
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