Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

August 24, 2001


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, August 16 (PDT) through 5 pm on Thursday, August 23 (PDT). During this period we dectected and analysed 340 earthquakes. Click here to see a map.

The table below lists the quakes during the past week that were M2.5 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. Local Date Local Time Lat.      Long.    Depth  Descriptive location
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 9695677  2.7  2001/08/16 23:02:33 36  1.4 N 117 53.5 W  3.7    6 km ( 3 mi) ESE  of Coso Junction, CA  
 9695741  2.5  2001/08/17 04:03:55 34 16.6 N 116 57.9 W 10.2    6 km ( 4 mi) NW   of town of Big Bear Lake, CA  
 9696081  2.6  2001/08/18 07:42:18 35 21.5 N 117 48.1 W  3.9   30 km (18 mi) NNE  of California City, CA  
 9696289  2.5  2001/08/19 03:02:36 35 47.5 N 117 39.9 W  6.3   19 km (12 mi) N    of Ridgecrest, CA  
 9696313  2.8  2001/08/19 06:12:20 35 59.8 N 117 52.6 W  4.7    8 km ( 5 mi) SE   of Coso Junction, CA  
 9696425  2.8  2001/08/19 18:25:19 34 38.2 N 116 18.8 W  4.6   56 km (35 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA  
 9696429  3.2  2001/08/19 18:26:31 34 38.2 N 116 18.9 W  5.6   56 km (35 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA  
 9696433  2.7  2001/08/19 18:27:45 34 38.7 N 116 19.3 W  4.7   57 km (35 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA  
 9696461  3.0  2001/08/20 00:34:23 34  2.6 N 117 15.0 W 15.7    1 km ( 0 mi) SSE  of Loma Linda, CA  
               Felt in Riverside, Moreno Valley, Rancho Cucamonga
 9697153  3.1  2001/08/22 06:06:25 34 35.7 N 116 16.2 W  5.6   51 km (32 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA  
 9697481  3.1  2001/08/23 04:25:39 36  2.8 N 117 52.3 W  3.0    7 km ( 4 mi) E    of Coso Junction, CA  
 9697513  2.6  2001/08/23 04:52:50 36  2.7 N 117 53.0 W  2.6    6 km ( 4 mi) E    of Coso Junction, CA  
 9697517  2.6  2001/08/23 04:55:52 36  2.7 N 117 52.9 W  2.1    6 km ( 4 mi) E    of Coso Junction, CA  
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