Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

January 26, 2001


The time period covered is 4 pm on Thursday, January 19 (PDT) through 4 pm on Thursday, January 25 (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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 9614845  2.2  2001/01/19 14:29:21 32 56.4 N 115 33.3 W 14.0    3 km ( 2 mi) SW   of Brawley, CA  
 9614913  2.4  2001/01/19 21:34:14 34  2.5 N 116 22.2 W  4.4   11 km ( 7 mi) SE   of Yucca Valley, CA  
 9614945  2.0  2001/01/20 00:05:51 36  3.3 N 117 38.1 W  2.2   28 km (17 mi) E    of Coso Junction, CA  
 9615033  2.4  2001/01/20 04:09:22 33 11.8 N 115 36.4 W  3.2    4 km ( 3 mi) NE   of Obsidian Butte, CA  
 9615073  2.3  2001/01/20 08:47:32 32 56.7 N 115 32.3 W 15.8    2 km ( 1 mi) S    of Brawley, CA  
 9615077  2.2  2001/01/20 09:02:00 32 57.0 N 115 32.8 W  7.4    2 km ( 1 mi) SW   of Brawley, CA  
 9615085  2.0  2001/01/20 10:51:06 34  6.1 N 117  0.1 W  5.7    8 km ( 5 mi) NNE  of Yucaipa, CA  
 9173853  2.2  2001/01/20 14:16:36 32 13.8 N 115 26.0 W  6.0   49 km (30 mi) S    of Calexico, CA  
 9615101  2.0  2001/01/20 14:16:36 32 16.5 N 115 28.3 W 23.0   44 km (27 mi) S    of Calexico, CA  
 9615109  2.0  2001/01/20 14:47:59 32 13.4 N 115 29.4 W  7.5   49 km (31 mi) S    of Calexico, CA  
 9173858  2.0  2001/01/20 17:00:39 34 51.3 N 116 23.5 W  6.1   54 km (34 mi) SSW  of Baker, CA  
 9615137  2.2  2001/01/20 20:15:46 35  5.0 N 119  1.2 W 13.1   11 km ( 7 mi) NW   of Wheeler Ridge, CA  
 9615145  2.0  2001/01/20 20:26:23 34  2.1 N 117  6.9 W 12.9    6 km ( 4 mi) ESE  of Redlands, CA  
 9615233  2.3  2001/01/20 22:24:43 34 16.4 N 117 12.2 W  8.4    3 km ( 2 mi) NNW  of Lake Arrowhead, CA  
 9615329  2.2  2001/01/21 05:32:00 33 55.6 N 116 50.0 W  5.0    4 km ( 2 mi) E    of Banning, CA  
 9615349  2.0  2001/01/21 08:28:37 33  9.8 N 116  6.2 W  5.6    3 km ( 2 mi) NE   of Ocotillo Wells, CA  
 9615353  2.4  2001/01/21 09:33:51 34 37.8 N 116 17.5 W  5.6   55 km (34 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA  
 9615641  2.1  2001/01/22 02:09:17 33 12.3 N 115 35.2 W  3.7    6 km ( 4 mi) NE   of Obsidian Butte, CA  
 9615649  2.5  2001/01/22 02:14:37 33 11.7 N 115 34.7 W  3.9    6 km ( 4 mi) ENE  of Obsidian Butte, CA  
 9615661  2.8  2001/01/22 02:58:02 33 11.7 N 115 34.7 W  3.0    6 km ( 4 mi) ENE  of Obsidian Butte, CA  
 9615669  2.6  2001/01/22 02:59:57 33 12.2 N 115 36.9 W  3.5    4 km ( 3 mi) NNE  of Obsidian Butte, CA  
 9615673  2.1  2001/01/22 03:07:05 33 11.7 N 115 35.4 W  3.7    5 km ( 3 mi) NE   of Obsidian Butte, CA  
                                   One or more of the above may have been felt in Calipatria
 9616001  2.1  2001/01/22 23:17:23 36 37.7 N 117 21.3 W 44.6   19 km (12 mi) W    of Stovepipe Wells, CA  
 9616085  2.0  2001/01/23 09:47:44 36 41.2 N 118  3.1 W  6.0    9 km ( 6 mi) N    of Lone Pine, CA  
 9616141  2.3  2001/01/23 14:49:14 34  5.3 N 116 25.6 W  5.6    4 km ( 2 mi) SSE  of Yucca Valley, CA  
                                   Note that there was a sonic boom registered at about 16:30 (4:30 pm) 
                                   on the 23rd.  It was reported by the public in the San Diego and
                                   Los Angeles areas.
 9616197  2.9  2001/01/23 18:09:18 32 34.6 N 115 17.2 W  7.0   22 km (14 mi) ESE  of Calexico, CA  
 9616221  2.5  2001/01/23 20:48:34 32 30.9 N 115 15.6 W  7.0   28 km (17 mi) SE   of Calexico, CA  
 9616353  2.1  2001/01/24 03:35:06 32 38.4 N 115 18.3 W 34.8   18 km (11 mi) E    of Calexico, CA  
 9616365  2.0  2001/01/24 06:46:51 34 14.7 N 118 27.6 W 13.3    3 km ( 2 mi) NNW  of Panorama City, CA  
 9616433  2.0  2001/01/24 08:22:43 33 55.5 N 116 49.2 W  4.5    3 km ( 2 mi) W    of Cabazon, CA  
 9616625  2.2  2001/01/24 15:03:03 32  4.3 N 115 31.2 W 23.5   66 km (41 mi) S    of Calexico, CA  
 9616645  2.2  2001/01/24 15:51:09 34 18.2 N 116 53.5 W  6.2    6 km ( 3 mi) NW   of Big Bear City, CA  
 9616661  2.8  2001/01/24 17:53:38 32  4.7 N 114 49.8 W  7.0   72 km (44 mi) SSW  of Yuma, AZ  
 9616909  2.2  2001/01/24 23:38:45 32 20.7 N 115 16.6 W  7.0   41 km (26 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
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