Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

December 8, 2000


The time period covered is 4 pm on Thursday, December 1 (PDT) through 4 pm on Thursday, December 7 (PDT). During this period we dectected and analysed 219 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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 9169754  3.0  2000/11/30 16:01:09 36  3.1 N 114 58.8 W  6.0  116 km (72 mi) E    of Shoshone, CA 
 9600361  2.1  2000/11/30 20:45:28 34 48.4 N 116 15.6 W  4.9   54 km (33 mi) SSW  of Baker, CA 
 9169790  2.1  2000/12/01 04:13:38 32 55.1 N 115 30.8 W 10.0    5 km ( 3 mi) SSE  of Brawley, CA 
 9600533  4.1  2000/12/02 00:28:07 34 16.0 N 116 46.5 W  3.3    7 km ( 4 mi) E    of Big Bear City, CA 
                                   Felt as far as San Clemente and Leona Valley.
 9600597  2.0  2000/12/02 03:13:26 34  9.2 N 117 25.9 W  5.0    5 km ( 3 mi) N    of Fontana, CA 
 9600909  2.4  2000/12/03 23:52:28 32 45.4 N 117 15.5 W 11.7    3 km ( 2 mi) S    of Mission Beach, CA 
 9600949  3.3  2000/12/04 06:44:37 32 16.7 N 114 53.0 W  6.0   53 km (33 mi) SSW  of Yuma, AZ 
 9600953  3.6  2000/12/04 06:44:38 32  9.2 N 115  4.6 W  7.0   69 km (43 mi) SE   of Calexico, CA 
 9170014  2.0  2000/12/04 10:16:17 33 50.5 N 116 12.4 W  6.0   14 km ( 9 mi) N    of Indio, CA 
 9600989  2.5  2000/12/04 11:04:54 34 55.1 N 116 33.8 W  1.7   42 km (26 mi) E    of Barstow, CA 
 9170026  2.0  2000/12/04 12:13:53 32  8.5 N 115  4.6 W  6.0   71 km (44 mi) SE   of Calexico, CA 
11012140  2.3  2000/12/05 12:34:54 34 20.3 N 116 28.4 W  4.8   25 km (15 mi) N    of Yucca Valley, CA 
11012188  3.3  2000/12/05 13:18:46 36  5.0 N 117 54.5 W  4.6    6 km ( 3 mi) NE   of Coso Junction, CA 
 9601485  2.0  2000/12/05 18:19:26 34 19.9 N 116 28.7 W  5.0   24 km (15 mi) N    of Yucca Valley, CA 
 9601501  2.6  2000/12/05 19:27:23 35 52.7 N 119  0.4 W  6.0   23 km (14 mi) S    of Porterville, CA 
 9601513  3.1  2000/12/05 20:04:25 32  9.3 N 115  5.9 W  6.0   68 km (42 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA 
 9601541  2.4  2000/12/05 23:22:49 33 29.2 N 116 31.9 W 10.9   15 km ( 9 mi) ESE  of Anza, CA 
 9601569  2.5  2000/12/06 02:18:45 33 56.5 N 116 55.6 W 17.9    5 km ( 3 mi) ENE  of Beaumont, CA 
 9170235  2.3  2000/12/06 08:46:39 35 46.8 N 116 38.5 W  6.0   40 km (25 mi) WSW  of Shoshone, CA 
 9601697  2.2  2000/12/06 10:59:02 34 15.9 N 116 46.3 W  4.1    7 km ( 5 mi) E    of Big Bear City, CA 
 9601713  2.4  2000/12/06 11:55:38 34 21.7 N 116  8.0 W  6.1   26 km (16 mi) NNW  of Twentynine Palms, CA 
 9601717  2.4  2000/12/06 12:03:50 34 21.7 N 116  7.9 W  6.6   26 km (16 mi) NNW  of Twentynine Palms, CA 
 9601817  2.2  2000/12/06 17:03:38 34 19.8 N 116 28.9 W  9.4   24 km (15 mi) N    of Yucca Valley, CA 
 9601845  3.0  2000/12/06 19:55:11 34 47.5 N 118 52.9 W 14.4    3 km ( 2 mi) WSW  of Gorman, CA 
                                   FELT in Lebec and Frazier Park
 9601865  2.3  2000/12/06 20:15:59 34 20.0 N 116 28.1 W  7.4   24 km (15 mi) N    of Yucca Valley, CA 
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