Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

Nick Scheckel , Seismological Laboratory
Lucy Jones, U. S. Geological Survey
California Institute of Technology

January 4, 2001


The time period covered is 4 pm on Thursday, December 28 (PST) through 4 pm on Thursday, January 4, 2001 (PST). During this period we dectected and analysed 249 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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12/29 12:39 am  34 39.9  116 18.1  2.0  36 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA               
12/29 10:30 am  35  2.1  116 57.6  2.0  10 mi. NNE of Barstow, CA                   
12/29 11:47 am  34  2.2  116 19.2  2.0  6 mi. S of Joshua Tree, CA               
12/29  1:00 pm  33 10.8  115 35.8  3.0  2 mi. ENE of Obsidian Butte, CA            
12/29  6:31 pm  33 15.2  115 56.2  2.0  2 mi. SE of Salton City, CA               
12/30  3:14 am  34  2.6  117 14.9  2.8  Under Loma Linda, CA                
12/30  6:16 am  32 35.7  118 10.9  2.0  18 mi. SSE of San Clemente Is., CA (SE tip) 
12/30  9:52 am  32 56.7  116 30.3  2.0  10 mi. SSE of Julian, CA                    
12/30 12:06 pm  35  6.0  116 35.7  2.2  24 mi. SE of Goldstone Lake, CA            
12/30  6:15 pm  35 16.9  119 22.5  2.4  10 mi. NNE of Taft, CA                      
12/30  6:22 pm  34  2.5  116 21.6  2.1  7 mi. SSW of Joshua Tree, CA               
12/30  7:34 pm  34  2.6  117 15.4  2.5  Under Loma Linda, CA                
12/30 11:52 pm  34 25.2  116 11.8  2.7  20 mi. NNE of Joshua Tree, CA               
12/31 12:56 am  34  2.6  116 21.5  2.3  6 mi. SSW of Joshua Tree, CA               
12/31  2:09 am  34 27.3  119  5.8  2.3  8 mi. E of Ojai, CA                      
12/31  2:15 am  34 27.7  119  5.5  2.0  9 mi. E of Ojai, CA                      
12/31  2:15 am  34 26.7  119  3.7  2.4  8 mi. WNW of Fillmore, CA                  
12/31  2:47 am  34 27.0  119  5.9  2.1  8 mi. E of Ojai, CA                      
12/31  5:39 am  33 24.8  117 13.9  2.6  2 mi. NNE of Fallbrook, CA                 
12/31  7:14 am  32 56.7  116 30.4  2.0  10 mi. SSE of Julian, CA                    
12/31  2:06 pm  34 27.1  119  8.8  2.5  5 mi. E of Ojai, CA                      
12/31  2:06 pm  34 25.4  119  6.9  2.1  7 mi. ESE of Ojai, CA                      
12/31  2:12 pm  34 27.2  119  5.0  2.3  9 mi. E of Ojai, CA                      
12/31  3:14 pm  33 36.1  117 12.1  2.1  8 mi. ESE of Lake Elsinore, CA             
12/31  6:19 pm  33 17.9  116 12.1  2.3  11 mi. NNW of Ocotillo Wells, CA            
12/31  7:06 pm  34  3.6  116 42.7  2.8  7 mi. ESE of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA          
12/31  7:10 pm  34  3.3  116 42.9  2.2  7 mi. ESE of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA          
12/31  7:22 pm  35 42.1  118 13.8  2.9  13 mi. ENE of town of Lake Isabella, CA     
12/31 11:42 pm  34 41.5  116 21.5  2.0  38 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA               
 1/ 1  2:21 am  33  9.6  115 38.7  2.0  Under Obsidian Butte, CA            
 1/ 1  2:22 am  33  9.7  115 38.2  2.0  Under Obsidian Butte, CA            
 1/ 1  2:54 am  33  9.4  115 38.1  3.0  Under Obsidian Butte, CA            
 1/ 1  6:46 am  35 11.3  118 21.8  2.1  6 mi. NE of Tehachapi, CA                 
 1/ 1 10:22 am  35 17.7  118 35.5  2.0  14 mi. NW of Tehachapi, CA                 
 1/ 1  3:23 pm  35  4.2  116 58.8  2.1  12 mi. N of Barstow, CA                   
 1/ 1  7:09 pm  34 21.6  116  8.3  2.6  16 mi. NNW of Twentynine Palms, CA          
 1/ 1  8:41 pm  34 21.7  116  8.4  2.2  16 mi. NNW of Twentynine Palms, CA          
 1/ 1  9:22 pm  35 18.0  119 26.5  2.7  10 mi. N of Taft, CA                      
 1/ 2 12:48 am  32 48.8  115 27.6  2.0  5 mi. ENE of El Centro, CA                 
 1/ 2  9:37 am  33 18.0  116 12.3  2.9  11 mi. NNW of Ocotillo Wells, CA            
 1/ 2  6:13 pm  34 18.7  116 51.7  2.4  3 mi. N of Big Bear City, CA             
 1/ 3  4:38 am  36 12.0  117 49.4  2.1  12 mi. NNE of Coso Junction, CA             
 1/ 3  4:52 am  34 42.4  116 18.5  2.1  39 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA               
 1/ 3  1:29 pm  36  0.9  117 50.8  2.1  6 mi. ESE of Coso Junction, CA             
 1/ 3  4:35 pm  32 28.3  115 15.7  2.5  19 mi. SE of Calexico, CA                  
 1/ 3 10:13 pm  35  4.1  116 59.0  2.1  12 mi. N of Barstow, CA                   
 1/ 4 12:42 am  33 20.8  116 19.2  2.0  7 mi. NNE of Borrego Springs, CA           
 1/ 4  4:22 am  36 30.3  117 54.5  3.1  10 mi. SE of Lone Pine, CA                 
 1/ 4  4:23 am  36 29.6  117 55.3  3.4  10 mi. SE of Lone Pine, CA                 
 1/ 4 10:39 am  34 26.7  116 15.5  2.7  21 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA               
 1/ 4  3:24 pm  35  4.2  116 58.9  2.2  12 mi. N of Barstow, CA                   
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