Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

December 7, 2001


The time period covered is 4 pm on Thursday, November 29 (PST) through 4 pm on Thursday, December 6 (PST). During this period we dectected and analysed 202 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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 9727505  2.0  2001/11/29 21:33:05 35 59.2 N 118 20.4 W  5.6   36 km (22 mi) W    of Coso Junction, CA  
 9727565  2.7  2001/11/30 06:07:10 36  5.6 N 117 53.8 W  5.6    7 km ( 4 mi) NE   of Coso Junction, CA  
 9727573  2.3  2001/11/30 06:36:22 33 55.7 N 116 50.5 W  5.4    3 km ( 2 mi) E    of Banning, CA  
 9727613  2.2  2001/11/30 09:36:02 33  3.1 N 115 53.8 W  4.4   24 km (15 mi) ESE  of Ocotillo Wells, CA  
 9728029  2.2  2001/11/30 23:38:52 32 21.6 N 115  6.0 W  7.0   50 km (31 mi) SE   of Calexico, CA  
 9728101  2.1  2001/12/01 00:43:02 32 20.0 N 115  5.1 W  7.0   54 km (33 mi) SE   of Calexico, CA  
 9728225  2.2  2001/12/01 05:55:46 33  9.7 N 115 38.3 W  4.4    1 km ( 1 mi) SSW  of Obsidian Butte, CA  
 9728285  2.3  2001/12/01 10:34:46 34 15.7 N 118 43.2 W 22.9    2 km ( 1 mi) SSW  of Simi Valley, CA  
 9728353  2.3  2001/12/01 16:58:35 34 13.5 N 116 52.5 W  4.0    4 km ( 2 mi) ESE  of town of Big Bear Lake, CA  
 9728441  2.8  2001/12/01 21:07:35 32 19.5 N 115 13.8 W  7.0   46 km (28 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9728465  2.1  2001/12/02 00:22:02 34 39.5 N 116 20.0 W  5.6   58 km (36 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA  
 9728909  2.1  2001/12/02 13:49:06 34 18.1 N 118 27.0 W  9.0    2 km ( 1 mi) NW   of San Fernando, CA  
 9729021  2.3  2001/12/02 17:32:24 32 58.4 N 115 54.1 W  5.1   27 km (17 mi) WSW  of Westmorland, CA  
 9729025  2.8  2001/12/02 17:34:29 32 58.5 N 115 54.1 W  4.4   27 km (17 mi) WSW  of Westmorland, CA  
 9729061  2.5  2001/12/02 22:00:29 33  9.9 N 115 38.4 W  2.4    1 km ( 0 mi) SSW  of Obsidian Butte, CA  
 9729065  2.3  2001/12/02 22:02:21 33  9.9 N 115 38.7 W  2.4    1 km ( 1 mi) SW   of Obsidian Butte, CA  
 9729393  2.1  2001/12/03 10:30:39 33  8.1 N 115 36.4 W  5.3    5 km ( 3 mi) SE   of Obsidian Butte, CA  
 9729757  2.2  2001/12/04 07:57:59 33 10.9 N 115 35.8 W  2.4    4 km ( 2 mi) ENE  of Obsidian Butte, CA  
 9729789  2.0  2001/12/04 09:45:34 34 15.4 N 118 31.2 W 15.0    2 km ( 1 mi) SW   of Granada Hills, CA  
 9730029  2.0  2001/12/04 10:47:47 32 20.0 N 115  5.5 W  7.0   53 km (33 mi) SE   of Calexico, CA  
 9730117  2.1  2001/12/04 16:27:29 34 30.3 N 116 17.1 W  4.5   41 km (26 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA  
 9730197  2.0  2001/12/04 19:41:24 33  6.1 N 117 56.8 W  7.0   44 km (27 mi) SE   of Avalon Catalina Island, CA  
 9730213  2.4  2001/12/04 21:51:40 34 42.0 N 116 17.3 W  3.2   63 km (39 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA  
 9730409  2.0  2001/12/05 14:59:53 33  3.5 N 115 53.7 W 11.5   24 km (15 mi) ESE  of Ocotillo Wells, CA  
 9730449  2.6  2001/12/05 19:38:12 34 57.1 N 119 16.7 W  1.8   26 km (16 mi) SE   of Taft, CA  
 9730473  2.2  2001/12/05 23:17:01 34 57.2 N 119 16.5 W  3.0   26 km (16 mi) SE   of Taft, CA  
 9730649  2.6  2001/12/06 12:18:00 36  1.1 N 117 41.5 W  3.7   23 km (14 mi) E    of Coso Junction, CA  
 9730685  2.0  2001/12/06 13:30:08 33 31.2 N 116 31.4 W 14.1   14 km ( 9 mi) ESE  of Anza, CA  
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