Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

November 30, 2001


The time period covered is 4 pm on Thursday, November 15 (PST) through 4 pm on Thursday, November 29 (PST). During this period we dectected and analysed 371 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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 9723557  2.0  2001/11/16 07:15:31 36  7.8 N 117 52.4 W  5.6   12 km ( 7 mi) NE   of Coso Junction, CA  
 9723621  2.1  2001/11/16 14:49:14 34 33.9 N 118 36.8 W 19.2    5 km ( 3 mi) N    of Castaic Lake dam, CA  
 9723625  2.3  2001/11/16 15:15:09 33 13.9 N 116 21.1 W  7.0    3 km ( 2 mi) SE   of Borrego Springs, CA  
 9503970  2.1  2001/11/16 17:58:12 35 18.2 N 118 37.6 W  5.3   21 km (13 mi) ENE  of Arvin, CA  
 9723653  2.0  2001/11/16 18:08:46 32 59.4 N 116 44.9 W  7.0   12 km ( 8 mi) ESE  of Ramona, CA  
 9723685  2.3  2001/11/17 00:53:23 33 35.1 N 115 32.0 W 10.1   19 km (12 mi) SW   of Desert Center, CA  
 9723705  2.6  2001/11/17 02:14:01 33 10.2 N 115 39.2 W  3.6    2 km ( 1 mi) W    of Obsidian Butte, CA  
 9723753  2.6  2001/11/17 07:01:30 32 47.4 N 115 35.3 W 15.9    3 km ( 2 mi) W    of El Centro, CA  
 9723793  2.2  2001/11/17 10:00:52 36 25.9 N 117 52.3 W  5.3   21 km (13 mi) NE   of Olancha, CA  
 9723849  2.2  2001/11/18 00:14:12 34 47.1 N 116 18.2 W  5.5   57 km (36 mi) SSW  of Baker, CA  
 9723945  2.2  2001/11/18 10:58:10 33 11.2 N 115 38.0 W  1.5    2 km ( 1 mi) N    of Obsidian Butte, CA  
 9723961  2.1  2001/11/18 15:39:44 34 20.4 N 119 34.5 W 12.8    8 km ( 5 mi) SW   of Carpinteria, CA  
 9723989  2.1  2001/11/18 19:59:57 34 42.2 N 116 21.2 W  5.6   61 km (38 mi) ENE  of Lucerne Valley, CA  
 9724017  2.0  2001/11/19 01:31:25 33 55.3 N 118 34.7 W 14.0   13 km ( 8 mi) WSW  of Los Angeles Airport, CA  
 9724021  2.3  2001/11/19 01:58:02 32 20.0 N 116 16.0 W  7.0   52 km (32 mi) SSW  of Ocotillo, CA  
 9724073  2.3  2001/11/19 08:45:33 34 24.5 N 116 29.1 W  4.0   32 km (20 mi) N    of Yucca Valley, CA  
 9724081  2.7  2001/11/19 09:24:43 34 23.7 N 116 12.6 W  2.7   30 km (19 mi) NNE  of Joshua Tree, CA  
 9724185  2.4  2001/11/19 23:26:23 32 57.4 N 117 44.9 W  7.0   43 km (27 mi) SW   of Oceanside, CA  
 9724197  2.2  2001/11/20 01:30:57 34 42.0 N 116 21.0 W  3.7   62 km (38 mi) ENE  of Lucerne Valley, CA  
 9724241  2.2  2001/11/20 09:00:19 32 45.3 N 115 26.3 W 16.7   11 km ( 7 mi) NNE  of Calexico, CA  
 9724365  2.9  2001/11/21 01:09:26 35 20.6 N 118 40.1 W  3.2   21 km (13 mi) NE   of Arvin, CA  
 9724389  2.5  2001/11/21 04:35:57 35 20.5 N 118 39.7 W  1.6   21 km (13 mi) NE   of Arvin, CA  
 9724453  3.0  2001/11/21 10:34:03 34 40.5 N 116 17.8 W  5.6   60 km (37 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA  
 9724493  2.0  2001/11/21 12:49:39 32  8.7 N 115 50.8 W  7.0   67 km (42 mi) SSW  of Calexico, CA  
 9724609  2.1  2001/11/21 23:58:42 34 50.7 N 116 21.5 W  8.4   54 km (33 mi) SSW  of Baker, CA  
 9724641  2.4  2001/11/22 08:05:27 33 12.2 N 116  2.2 W 13.2   11 km ( 7 mi) SW   of Salton City, CA  
 9724645  2.0  2001/11/22 08:14:54 33 12.1 N 116  2.1 W 13.1   11 km ( 7 mi) SW   of Salton City, CA  
 9724649  2.0  2001/11/22 08:16:31 33 12.1 N 116  2.0 W 12.9   11 km ( 7 mi) SW   of Salton City, CA  
 9724693  1.9  2001/11/22 13:20:25 33 42.3 N 116 49.3 W 15.5   11 km ( 7 mi) WSW  of Idyllwild, CA  
 9724801  3.2  2001/11/23 09:06:43 34 36.8 N 116 16.7 W  5.6   53 km (33 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA  
 9724825  2.0  2001/11/23 12:08:28 32 19.9 N 115  8.7 W  7.0   50 km (31 mi) SE   of Calexico, CA  
 9724873  2.0  2001/11/23 15:39:55 33 56.4 N 116  1.5 W  7.8   22 km (14 mi) S    of Twentynine Palms, CA  
 9724901  2.2  2001/11/23 18:38:54 36  3.8 N 117 42.1 W  1.6   22 km (14 mi) E    of Coso Junction, CA  
 9724929  2.0  2001/11/24 01:28:49 36 38.9 N 118 14.2 W 13.1    9 km ( 6 mi) NNE  of Mt. Whitney, CA  
 9725005  2.1  2001/11/24 11:10:40 35 55.3 N 117 56.9 W  4.5   14 km ( 8 mi) S    of Coso Junction, CA  
 9725161  2.8  2001/11/24 16:02:45 35 20.6 N 118 40.1 W  5.6   21 km (13 mi) NE   of Arvin, CA  
 9725469  2.0  2001/11/25 00:53:06 34 36.9 N 116 16.2 W  5.5   53 km (33 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA  
 9725557  2.1  2001/11/25 15:53:30 34 58.8 N 116 56.5 W  5.1   13 km ( 8 mi) NE   of Barstow, CA  
 9725785  1.9  2001/11/26 08:12:58 34  2.6 N 116 19.4 W  7.8   10 km ( 6 mi) S    of Joshua Tree, CA  
 9726581  2.1  2001/11/27 21:13:37 36  1.7 N 117 52.7 W  5.3    7 km ( 4 mi) ESE  of Coso Junction, CA  
 9727121  2.3  2001/11/28 09:51:08 34 15.8 N 118 43.8 W 23.3    3 km ( 2 mi) SW   of Simi Valley, CA  
 9727125  2.1  2001/11/28 09:51:32 34 15.8 N 118 43.8 W 24.0    3 km ( 2 mi) SW   of Simi Valley, CA  
 9727233  2.0  2001/11/28 14:03:31 34 16.3 N 119 38.6 W  2.2   17 km (11 mi) SSE  of Santa Barbara, CA  
 9504034  2.2  2001/11/28 15:03:28 33  1.4 N 116 19.4 W  5.6   22 km (14 mi) SW   of Ocotillo Wells, CA  
 9727297  2.1  2001/11/28 19:26:15 32 21.3 N 115  5.7 W  7.0   51 km (32 mi) SE   of Calexico, CA  
 9727377  2.0  2001/11/29 07:49:18 32 47.7 N 115 58.6 W  7.6    7 km ( 4 mi) NNE  of Ocotillo, CA  
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