Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

August 30, 2001


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, August 23 (PDT) through 5 pm on Thursday, August 30 (PDT). During this period we dectected and analysed 306 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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 9697757  2.0  2001/08/23 20:49:25 36  2.1 N 117 52.9 W  3.0    6 km ( 4 mi) E    of Coso Junction, CA  
 9697801  2.1  2001/08/24 03:06:52 33 57.3 N 117 12.1 W 13.8   11 km ( 7 mi) SSW  of Redlands, CA  
 9697933  2.4  2001/08/24 15:00:37 34 31.3 N 116 15.6 W  9.3   43 km (27 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA  
 9697981  2.2  2001/08/24 19:41:49 34 41.5 N 116 17.8 W  5.6   62 km (38 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA  
 9698001  2.3  2001/08/24 20:56:28 34 40.8 N 116 18.1 W  3.5   60 km (38 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA  
 9698073  2.3  2001/08/25 04:07:22 32 20.9 N 115 20.8 W  7.0   38 km (24 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9698133  2.3  2001/08/25 11:35:46 33  9.9 N 115 38.7 W  3.9    1 km ( 1 mi) SW   of Obsidian Butte, CA  
 9698153  2.5  2001/08/25 17:16:06 32 21.7 N 115 20.3 W  7.0   37 km (23 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9698177  2.8  2001/08/25 21:43:11 34 56.3 N 119  0.7 W  7.6    7 km ( 5 mi) W    of Grapevine, CA  
 9698181  2.4  2001/08/25 21:54:38 34 19.9 N 119 32.0 W 12.4    7 km ( 5 mi) S    of Carpinteria, CA  
 9698189  2.8  2001/08/25 22:39:39 32 19.4 N 115 13.7 W  7.0   46 km (28 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9698381  2.0  2001/08/26 15:26:39 36  3.4 N 117 51.8 W  3.1    8 km ( 5 mi) E    of Coso Junction, CA  
 9698389  2.7  2001/08/26 16:25:00 35 59.1 N 118 38.1 W  5.8   36 km (22 mi) ESE  of Porterville, CA  
 9698437  2.4  2001/08/26 20:53:20 34 22.9 N 116 28.1 W  4.2   29 km (18 mi) N    of Yucca Valley, CA  
 9698469  2.1  2001/08/26 23:47:49 35  4.1 N 117  5.0 W  4.7   21 km (13 mi) NNW  of Barstow, CA  
 9698473  2.1  2001/08/26 23:50:54 36  3.7 N 117 52.3 W  1.1    7 km ( 4 mi) ENE  of Coso Junction, CA  
 9698537  2.1  2001/08/27 05:33:18 32 29.3 N 115 34.1 W  5.6   21 km (13 mi) SSW  of Calexico, CA  
 9698589  2.5  2001/08/27 09:44:46 32 30.0 N 115 34.0 W  5.6   20 km (12 mi) SSW  of Calexico, CA  
 9698653  2.0  2001/08/27 13:14:13 33 42.8 N 116 45.9 W 17.8    6 km ( 4 mi) SW   of Idyllwild, CA  
 9698721  2.2  2001/08/27 21:49:53 33  3.8 N 117 50.1 W  7.0   45 km (28 mi) WSW  of Oceanside, CA  
 9698765  2.1  2001/08/28 02:46:19 36  2.0 N 117 52.1 W  2.9    7 km ( 5 mi) E    of Coso Junction, CA  
 9698789  2.1  2001/08/28 08:19:59 36  3.2 N 117 52.4 W  2.5    7 km ( 4 mi) E    of Coso Junction, CA  
 9698801  2.2  2001/08/28 09:25:26 36  0.1 N 117 52.7 W  3.8    8 km ( 5 mi) SE   of Coso Junction, CA  
 9698857  3.4  2001/08/28 14:30:12 33 38.8 N 116 44.5 W 14.1   11 km ( 7 mi) SSW  of Idyllwild, CA  
 9698861  2.0  2001/08/28 14:32:38 33 39.1 N 116 44.3 W 13.8   11 km ( 7 mi) SSW  of Idyllwild, CA  
 9698909  2.6  2001/08/28 19:54:27 33 38.9 N 116 44.5 W 13.2   11 km ( 7 mi) SSW  of Idyllwild, CA  
 9698917  2.9  2001/08/28 21:42:07 33 22.7 N 116 24.8 W  9.2   14 km ( 9 mi) NNW  of Borrego Springs, CA  
 9699037  2.0  2001/08/29 09:34:47 35  2.4 N 118 25.3 W  7.7   10 km ( 6 mi) SSE  of Tehachapi, CA  
 9699281  2.5  2001/08/30 08:24:09 32 19.3 N 115 14.2 W  7.0   46 km (28 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9699293  2.3  2001/08/30 09:13:08 34 17.9 N 116 55.8 W  6.8    6 km ( 4 mi) NNW  of town of Big Bear Lake, CA  
 9699357  2.6  2001/08/30 14:03:02 33 29.1 N 116 28.4 W 14.7   20 km (12 mi) ESE  of Anza, CA  
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