Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

Sept 6, 2001


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, August 30 (PDT) through 5 pm on Thursday, September 6 (PDT). During this period we dectected and analysed 319 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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 9699461  2.6  2001/08/30 17:13:38 34 33.9 N 116 14.9 W  4.8   48 km (30 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA  
 9699657  2.2  2001/08/31 09:43:40 34 51.9 N 120 15.8 W  0.0   18 km (11 mi) ESE  of Santa Maria, CA  
 9699757  2.1  2001/08/31 16:11:06 33  6.6 N 115 35.3 W 13.2    7 km ( 4 mi) WSW  of Calipatria, CA  
 9699797  2.5  2001/08/31 21:49:13 33 52.7 N 116 51.9 W 16.9    6 km ( 3 mi) S    of Banning, CA  
 9699877  2.0  2001/09/01 01:51:23 36 25.2 N 117 51.2 W  8.9   20 km (13 mi) NE   of Olancha, CA  
 9700037  2.7  2001/09/01 15:41:27 36  1.9 N 117 52.6 W  4.1    7 km ( 4 mi) ESE  of Coso Junction, CA  
 9700049  3.5  2001/09/01 16:05:58 33 22.3 N 116 25.0 W  9.6   14 km ( 8 mi) NNW  of Borrego Springs, CA  
 9700089  2.2  2001/09/01 17:37:00 33 22.6 N 116 24.7 W 10.0   14 km ( 9 mi) NNW  of Borrego Springs, CA  
 9700169  2.1  2001/09/02 02:39:39 35 47.7 N 118  2.7 W  8.9   29 km (18 mi) SSW  of Coso Junction, CA  
 9700237  2.2  2001/09/02 08:46:52 36  3.1 N 117 53.8 W  2.0    5 km ( 3 mi) E    of Coso Junction, CA  
 9700273  2.0  2001/09/02 12:50:50 36  0.9 N 117 48.8 W  2.1   13 km ( 8 mi) ESE  of Coso Junction, CA  
 9700341  2.2  2001/09/02 13:36:26 35 20.8 N 117 54.6 W  5.6   25 km (16 mi) N    of California City, CA  
 9700349  2.2  2001/09/02 13:58:40 35 16.5 N 116 43.6 W  4.0   17 km (11 mi) ESE  of Goldstone Lake, CA  
 9700357  2.1  2001/09/02 14:17:17 36  2.2 N 117 53.1 W  3.1    6 km ( 4 mi) E    of Coso Junction, CA  
 9700397  2.9  2001/09/02 17:14:33 33 22.3 N 116 25.1 W  9.8   14 km ( 8 mi) NNW  of Borrego Springs, CA  
 9700429  2.4  2001/09/02 18:54:05 36 22.4 N 117 60.0 W 12.5   10 km ( 6 mi) N    of Olancha, CA  
 9700533  2.2  2001/09/02 23:38:20 33 46.4 N 117 35.6 W  4.8   12 km ( 7 mi) SSW  of Corona, CA  
 9700593  3.1  2001/09/03 02:55:33 33 22.6 N 116 25.2 W 11.2   14 km ( 9 mi) NNW  of Borrego Springs, CA  
 9700677  2.8  2001/09/03 06:19:50 33 19.7 N 119 11.2 W  7.0   20 km (12 mi) SW   of Santa Barbara Is., CA  
 9700693  2.1  2001/09/03 07:20:23 34  7.7 N 116 51.7 W  4.5    5 km ( 3 mi) NW   of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA  
 9700705  2.9  2001/09/03 11:13:49 34 22.2 N 118 35.4 W  5.6    4 km ( 2 mi) SW   of Valencia, CA  
 9700709  2.1  2001/09/03 11:15:39 34 20.9 N 118 29.6 W  0.5    5 km ( 3 mi) SE   of Newhall, CA  
 9503210  2.1  2001/09/03 11:15:41 34 20.1 N 118 40.8 W  0.8    7 km ( 4 mi) NNE  of Simi Valley, CA  
 9700729  2.7  2001/09/03 13:22:47 36  4.2 N 117 53.5 W  2.2    6 km ( 4 mi) ENE  of Coso Junction, CA  
 9700741  2.4  2001/09/03 13:38:21 36  0.1 N 117 52.7 W  3.6    8 km ( 5 mi) SE   of Coso Junction, CA  
 9700765  2.1  2001/09/03 15:12:52 36  2.3 N 117 52.7 W  3.0    6 km ( 4 mi) E    of Coso Junction, CA  
 9700965  2.0  2001/09/03 22:35:11 34 50.7 N 116 20.7 W  4.7   53 km (33 mi) SSW  of Baker, CA  
 9700973  2.1  2001/09/03 22:58:43 34 42.4 N 120  8.6 W  5.6   11 km ( 7 mi) NNE  of Buellton, CA  
 9700989  2.2  2001/09/04 00:08:57 35 51.8 N 118  6.4 W 11.3   25 km (15 mi) SW   of Coso Junction, CA  
 9502566  2.0  2001/09/04 03:56:57 33 39.1 N 116 45.3 W 15.3   11 km ( 7 mi) SSW  of Idyllwild, CA  
 9701289  2.2  2001/09/04 18:46:16 36  1.3 N 117 52.9 W  3.0    7 km ( 4 mi) ESE  of Coso Junction, CA  
 9701305  2.1  2001/09/04 19:36:22 33 48.8 N 116  6.2 W  7.0   15 km ( 9 mi) NE   of Indio, CA  
 9701461  2.5  2001/09/05 01:03:52 33 48.0 N 116  5.3 W  3.9   15 km ( 9 mi) NE   of Indio, CA  
 9701541  2.2  2001/09/05 03:57:56 34 46.8 N 116 17.7 W  4.6   58 km (36 mi) SSW  of Baker, CA  
 9701653  2.2  2001/09/05 08:47:59 34 34.6 N 116 15.5 W  5.6   49 km (31 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA  
 9701701  2.1  2001/09/05 09:58:07 34 42.9 N 116 22.3 W  4.8   60 km (38 mi) ENE  of Lucerne Valley, CA  
 9701817  2.1  2001/09/05 15:50:53 34 31.0 N 116 32.3 W  5.7   38 km (24 mi) ENE  of Lucerne Valley, CA  
 9701857  2.1  2001/09/05 19:10:19 34 48.5 N 116 27.0 W  6.1   53 km (33 mi) E    of Barstow, CA  
 9701861  2.8  2001/09/05 21:34:22 33 27.6 N 116 26.6 W  5.4   24 km (15 mi) NNW  of Borrego Springs, CA  
 9701941  2.0  2001/09/06 01:33:17 32 53.5 N 116 33.8 W 12.1   21 km (13 mi) S    of Julian, CA  
 9702025  2.3  2001/09/06 02:20:32 33 29.1 N 116 28.6 W 12.9   20 km (12 mi) ESE  of Anza, CA  
 9702109  2.5  2001/09/06 03:50:06 32 20.8 N 115 19.0 W  7.0   39 km (25 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9702121  2.1  2001/09/06 04:59:04 35 56.6 N 117 17.2 W  5.7   21 km (13 mi) NNE  of Trona, CA  
 9702125  2.2  2001/09/06 05:09:30 33 40.6 N 117  1.5 W 13.1    9 km ( 6 mi) SSW  of Hemet, CA  
 9702369  2.2  2001/09/06 15:19:58 34 48.5 N 116 41.3 W  5.6   32 km (20 mi) ESE  of Barstow, CA  
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