Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

December 22, 2000


The time period covered is 4 pm on Thursday, December 14 (PST) through 4 pm on Thursday, December 21 (PST). During this period we dectected and analysed 228 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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12/15  5:38 am  33 41.8  116 43.9  2.1    3 mi. SSW of Idyllwild, CA                 
12/15 11:07 am  34 49.0  120 21.9  2.3   10 mi. SSE of Santa Maria, CA               
12/15 11:43 am  34  5.9  116 59.7  2.3    5 mi. NNE of Yucaipa, CA                   
12/15  4:07 pm  32 17.7  115 47.5  2.2   31 mi. SW  of Calexico, CA                  
12/15  8:33 pm  32 35.0  116  9.7  2.6   14 mi. SW  of Ocotillo, CA                  
12/15  9:16 pm  32  1.8  115 47.8  2.1   47 mi. SSW of Calexico, CA                  
12/16 10:32 am  34 19.9  116 28.5  2.2   14 mi. N   of Yucca Valley, CA              
12/16 12:15 pm  34  6.1  117  0.2  2.2    5 mi. NNE of Yucaipa, CA                   
12/16  3:39 pm  34 31.5  116  0.4  2.2   26 mi. N   of Twentynine Palms, CA          
12/16  4:44 pm  34 51.7  116 24.1  2.1   33 mi. SW  of Baker, CA                     
12/16  6:46 pm  35 34.8  117  9.7  3.4   17 mi. SE  of Trona, CA                     
12/17  3:19 am  35  0.6  118 27.2  2.7    8 mi. S   of Tehachapi, CA                 
12/17  7:32 am  33 33.9  118 31.9  2.0   15 mi. SSW of Palos Verdes Point, CA        
12/17  8:56 am  32  7.4  115  6.3  3.3   43 mi. SSE of Calexico, CA                  
12/17  9:38 am  33 38.7  116 43.2  2.0    6 mi. S   of Idyllwild, CA                 
12/17  6:40 pm  36  0.6  119 58.3  2.6   23 mi. ESE of Coalinga, CA                  
12/18  8:06 am  32 30.9  115 30.2  2.1   10 mi. S   of Calexico, CA                  
12/18  8:24 am  32 31.1  115 31.2  2.1   10 mi. S   of Calexico, CA                  
12/18  9:39 am  32 33.4  115 31.0  3.1    7 mi. S   of Calexico, CA                  
                                         FELT in Mexicali
12/18 10:03 am  32 32.4  115 31.3  2.1    8 mi. S   of Calexico, CA                  
12/18 10:42 am  35 18.1  119 26.6  2.9   11 mi. N   of Taft, CA                      
12/18 10:43 am  35 19.4  119 25.7  2.8   12 mi. N   of Taft, CA                      
12/18  2:31 pm  32 32.3  115 31.2  2.5    9 mi. S   of Calexico, CA                  
12/18  2:57 pm  32 10.4  115 49.4  2.5   40 mi. SSE of Ocotillo, CA                  
12/18  6:21 pm  32  0.3  116 20.5  3.2   54 mi. SSW of Ocotillo, CA                  
12/18 10:42 pm  35  5.2  117  1.0  3.0   13 mi. N   of Barstow, CA                   
12/19  2:26 am  34 50.4  116 22.8  2.0   34 mi. SSW of Baker, CA                     
12/19  3:03 am  34 52.6  116 21.6  2.0   31 mi. SSW of Baker, CA                     
12/19  4:16 am  33 51.7  119 20.8  2.3   15 mi. SE  of Santa Cruz Is., CA (E end)    
12/19  5:21 am  34 47.5  116 17.9  2.0   35 mi. SSW of Baker, CA                     
12/19  7:18 am  32 12.4  114 32.0  2.6   34 mi. S   of Yuma, AZ                      
12/19  4:39 pm  34 38.9  116 16.8  2.1   35 mi. N   of Joshua Tree, CA               
12/19  4:44 pm  34 41.1  116 18.0  2.4   37 mi. N   of Joshua Tree, CA               
12/19  9:16 pm  34 34.2  116 14.2  2.4   30 mi. N   of Joshua Tree, CA               
12/20  5:31 am  34 52.7  116 20.8  2.4   30 mi. SSW of Baker, CA                     
12/20  6:24 am  35  5.0  117  0.4  2.0   13 mi. N   of Barstow, CA                   
12/20  7:33 am  35  5.7  117  0.8  2.1   14 mi. N   of Barstow, CA                   
12/20  7:54 am  34 18.2  116  5.1  2.1   11 mi. N   of Twentynine Palms, CA          
12/20  8:11 pm  35  2.5  119  4.6  2.2    7 mi. WNW of Wheeler Ridge, CA             
12/20 10:06 pm  32 56.1  116 14.4  2.9   15 mi. SSW of Ocotillo Wells, CA            
12/20 10:29 pm  34 42.9  116 17.1  2.1   39 mi. N   of Joshua Tree, CA               
12/21 12:18 am  32 33.7  115 31.3  2.1    7 mi. SSW of Calexico, CA                  
12/21  7:54 am  35 49.3  117 39.6  2.2   13 mi. N   of Ridgecrest, CA                
12/21  8:34 am  36  0.4  117 52.8  2.4    4 mi. SE  of Coso Junction, CA             
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