Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

December 13, 2001


The time period covered is 4 pm on Thursday, December 6 (PST) through 4 pm on Thursday, December 13 (PDT). During this period we dectected and analysed 231 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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 9730749  2.4  2001/12/06 16:58:09 35 36.3 N 118 23.5 W  7.1    8 km ( 5 mi) ESE  of town of Lake Isabella, CA  
 9730901  2.5  2001/12/06 19:00:22 33 54.0 N 116 14.5 W  5.6   21 km (13 mi) N    of Indio, CA  
 9731305  2.1  2001/12/07 03:35:14 33  9.8 N 115 37.7 W  3.1    1 km ( 1 mi) SE   of Obsidian Butte, CA  
 9731313  2.2  2001/12/07 03:35:43 33 11.5 N 115 39.1 W  0.1    3 km ( 2 mi) NNW  of Obsidian Butte, CA  
 9731405  2.1  2001/12/07 09:22:31 33 54.3 N 116 14.7 W  6.9   21 km (13 mi) N    of Indio, CA  
 9731485  2.0  2001/12/07 11:41:04 34 43.4 N 116 17.3 W  7.2   63 km (39 mi) SSW  of Baker, CA  
 9731517  3.4  2001/12/07 12:47:49 34 24.6 N 116 27.9 W  8.7   32 km (20 mi) N    of Yucca Valley, CA  
 9731949  2.1  2001/12/07 17:15:16 33  9.0 N 115 37.5 W  3.5    2 km ( 1 mi) SSE  of Obsidian Butte, CA  
 9732025  2.3  2001/12/07 18:24:56 32 24.6 N 115 27.3 W  7.0   29 km (18 mi) S    of Calexico, CA  
 9732217  2.2  2001/12/08 00:04:00 34 22.6 N 116 28.5 W  3.6   29 km (18 mi) N    of Yucca Valley, CA  
 9732745  3.4  2001/12/08 16:06:45 32  4.7 N 114 56.9 W  7.0   75 km (47 mi) SSW  of Yuma, AZ  
 9732765  2.6  2001/12/08 16:27:13 32  5.1 N 114 57.3 W  7.1   75 km (46 mi) SSW  of Yuma, AZ  
 9504174  2.0  2001/12/08 16:46:38 32 12.6 N 115  2.7 W  7.0   66 km (41 mi) SE   of Calexico, CA  
 9732825  3.0  2001/12/08 16:54:31 32 44.9 N 118 20.0 W  7.0    8 km ( 5 mi) S    of San Clemente Is. 
 9732973  4.4  2001/12/08 17:42:26 32  0.2 N 115  0.6 W  7.1   85 km (53 mi) SSW  of Yuma, AZ  
 9732981  2.6  2001/12/08 17:56:35 32  6.8 N 114 58.1 W  7.0   73 km (45 mi) SSW  of Yuma, AZ  
 9733049  2.5  2001/12/08 20:35:54 32  6.8 N 114 57.1 W  7.0   72 km (45 mi) SSW  of Yuma, AZ  
 9733069  2.6  2001/12/08 21:03:33 32  6.1 N 114 59.0 W  7.0   74 km (46 mi) SSW  of Yuma, AZ  
 9733113  2.5  2001/12/08 23:06:39 32  7.6 N 114 59.2 W  7.0   72 km (45 mi) SSW  of Yuma, AZ  
 9733233  3.2  2001/12/09 03:07:13 32  5.0 N 114 58.7 W  7.0   76 km (47 mi) SSW  of Yuma, AZ  
 9733325  3.0  2001/12/09 04:51:07 32  7.1 N 114 59.3 W  7.0   73 km (45 mi) SSW  of Yuma, AZ  
 9733337  3.0  2001/12/09 06:11:04 32  8.3 N 114 56.5 W  7.0   69 km (43 mi) SSW  of Yuma, AZ  
 9733345  2.6  2001/12/09 06:35:09 32  7.8 N 114 59.3 W  7.0   72 km (45 mi) SSW  of Yuma, AZ  
 9733605  2.6  2001/12/09 23:13:49 34 30.3 N 116 17.0 W  0.3   41 km (26 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA  
 9733673  2.3  2001/12/10 04:34:51 33 59.8 N 116 57.5 W 14.3    8 km ( 5 mi) NNE  of Beaumont, CA  
 9733737  2.7  2001/12/10 11:10:22 32 17.6 N 114 52.8 W  6.8   51 km (32 mi) SSW  of Yuma, AZ  
 9733833  2.2  2001/12/10 15:39:06 33 42.5 N 118 24.8 W  4.6    8 km ( 5 mi) S    of Palos Verdes Point, CA  
 9733865  2.5  2001/12/10 17:42:10 32  7.8 N 115  0.4 W  7.0   73 km (45 mi) SSW  of Yuma, AZ  
 9733869  2.2  2001/12/10 17:45:57 33 10.6 N 116  2.3 W  9.8    9 km ( 6 mi) ENE  of Ocotillo Wells, CA  
 9733897  3.1  2001/12/11 01:23:44 32  5.6 N 114 58.7 W  7.0   75 km (47 mi) SSW  of Yuma, AZ  
 9733965  2.8  2001/12/11 09:34:08 35 44.2 N 118  3.5 W  6.2   36 km (22 mi) SSW  of Coso Junction, CA  
 9734033  3.6  2001/12/11 13:40:35 34  6.5 N 116 43.4 W  9.3   10 km ( 6 mi) E    of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA  
 9734141  2.5  2001/12/11 16:24:27 32  6.6 N 115  0.4 W  7.1   75 km (46 mi) SSW  of Yuma, AZ  
 9734153  2.6  2001/12/11 18:09:24 32  8.5 N 114 59.0 W  7.1   70 km (44 mi) SSW  of Yuma, AZ  
 9734305  2.5  2001/12/12 07:16:41 32  7.8 N 115  0.7 W  7.0   73 km (45 mi) SSW  of Yuma, AZ  
 9734433  2.1  2001/12/12 12:13:35 35 16.0 N 118 35.8 W  5.0   20 km (13 mi) NW   of Tehachapi, CA  
 9734741  2.0  2001/12/13 02:39:36 33  1.0 N 116 18.6 W  7.2   22 km (14 mi) SW   of Ocotillo Wells, CA  
 9734749  2.1  2001/12/13 03:41:18 33 59.5 N 116 59.5 W 16.9    6 km ( 4 mi) SE   of Yucaipa, CA  
 9734797  3.0  2001/12/13 09:16:45 36  0.6 N 117 52.6 W  3.3    7 km ( 5 mi) ESE  of Coso Junction, CA  
 9734985  2.4  2001/12/13 15:32:47 32 46.1 N 115 26.1 W 15.4   11 km ( 7 mi) ESE  of El Centro, CA  
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