Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

February 8, 2002


The time period covered is 4 pm on Thursday, January 31 (PST) through 4 pm on Thursday, February 7 (PST). During this period we dectected and analysed 241 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. Local Date Local Time Lat.      Long.    Depth  Descriptive location
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12359428  2.6  2002/02/01 14:33:02 32 23.9 N 115  5.8 W  7.0   48 km (30 mi) SE   of Calexico, CA  
12371444  2.5  2002/02/01 17:07:02 33 34.8 N 117 12.9 W 12.4   14 km ( 9 mi) SE   of Lake Elsinore, CA  
12371456  2.0  2002/02/01 17:55:06 33 15.6 N 116  2.1 W  2.7    7 km ( 4 mi) WSW  of Salton City, CA  
12375432  2.3  2002/02/01 18:50:26 34 18.0 N 116  3.6 W  0.2   18 km (11 mi) N    of Twentynine Palms, CA  
12375452  2.1  2002/02/01 19:41:17 33 11.1 N 115 36.4 W  1.6    3 km ( 2 mi) ENE  of Obsidian Butte, CA  
12379440  2.6  2002/02/02 04:35:17 34 21.7 N 116 40.7 W  4.2   19 km (12 mi) NE   of Big Bear City, CA  
12379476  2.7  2002/02/02 08:18:03 34 43.6 N 116 18.2 W  3.7   64 km (39 mi) SSW  of Baker, CA  
12379512  2.0  2002/02/02 10:02:21 34 26.5 N 119 10.3 W 16.7    7 km ( 4 mi) E    of Ojai, CA  
12379520  2.2  2002/02/02 10:46:45 34 43.5 N 116 18.1 W  4.3   64 km (39 mi) SSW  of Baker, CA  
12379532  2.6  2002/02/02 11:00:53 34 25.5 N 116 28.4 W  4.7   34 km (21 mi) N    of Yucca Valley, CA  
12383432  2.9  2002/02/02 15:07:25 36 32.2 N 116 34.3 W  5.6   27 km (17 mi) ENE  of Furnace Creek, CA  
12383456  2.4  2002/02/02 16:53:00 32 27.7 N 115 27.3 W  7.0   23 km (14 mi) S    of Calexico, CA  
12391472  2.0  2002/02/03 00:33:26 36  3.5 N 117 52.1 W  2.4    7 km ( 5 mi) ENE  of Coso Junction, CA  
12399432  2.2  2002/02/03 06:05:10 34 39.7 N 116 17.5 W  5.0   58 km (36 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA  
12403436  2.5  2002/02/03 08:16:47 32 10.4 N 117  9.4 W  6.0   43 km (27 mi) SSW  of San Ysidro, CA  
12407440  2.0  2002/02/03 13:11:23 36  3.7 N 117 52.2 W  1.9    7 km ( 4 mi) ENE  of Coso Junction, CA  
12411464  2.7  2002/02/03 18:10:31 35 20.5 N 118  9.2 W  7.0   30 km (19 mi) NW   of California City, CA  
12415448  3.6  2002/02/03 20:39:10 33  2.8 N 116 26.4 W 16.1   15 km (10 mi) ESE  of Julian, CA  
               FELT from U.S./Mex border to Temecula, Indio - peak MMI IV
12419436  2.1  2002/02/04 03:00:21 34  2.4 N 116 42.5 W 13.1   12 km ( 7 mi) W    of Morongo Valley, CA  
12423432  2.0  2002/02/04 03:42:01 34 56.2 N 118 44.6 W  5.2   17 km (11 mi) E    of Grapevine, CA  
 9757301  2.6  2002/02/04 22:16:28 33 42.3 N 116 45.9 W 16.9    7 km ( 4 mi) SW   of Idyllwild, CA  
 9757573  2.0  2002/02/05 17:57:42 33  8.8 N 115 59.0 W  9.2   14 km ( 9 mi) E    of Ocotillo Wells, CA  
 9757577  2.2  2002/02/05 18:24:30 33  3.1 N 116 26.2 W 17.0   15 km (10 mi) ESE  of Julian, CA  
               Felt in Descanso
 9757601  2.2  2002/02/05 22:00:12 34 21.9 N 118 40.6 W 13.1   10 km ( 6 mi) NNE  of Simi Valley, CA  
 9757741  2.4  2002/02/06 12:57:51 33  3.0 N 116 26.4 W 16.9   15 km ( 9 mi) ESE  of Julian, CA  
 9757821  2.1  2002/02/06 16:12:58 32 32.3 N 115 45.6 W  4.0   29 km (18 mi) WSW  of Calexico, CA  
 9758113  3.4  2002/02/06 21:29:31 34  6.5 N 116 42.3 W  7.4   11 km ( 7 mi) E    of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA  
               FELT from Indio to Big Bear area
 9758141  2.6  2002/02/07 00:10:55 34 21.6 N 118 40.4 W 15.6   10 km ( 6 mi) NNE  of Simi Valley, CA  
 9758145  2.8  2002/02/07 00:11:07 34 21.7 N 118 40.5 W 15.7   10 km ( 6 mi) NNE  of Simi Valley, CA  
               FELT in west San Fernando Valley, Simi and Castaic area - peak MMI III
 9758149  2.8  2002/02/07 00:22:39 34 21.7 N 118 40.0 W 14.9   10 km ( 6 mi) NNE  of Simi Valley, CA  
               FELT in west San Fernando Valley, Simi and Castaic area
 9758157  2.9  2002/02/07 00:31:41 34 21.7 N 118 40.0 W 14.0   10 km ( 6 mi) NNE  of Simi Valley, CA  
               FELT in west San Fernando Valley, Simi and Castaic area - peak MMI III
 9758185  2.2  2002/02/07 03:56:25 34 21.9 N 118 40.7 W 15.3   10 km ( 6 mi) NNE  of Simi Valley, CA  
 9758265  2.6  2002/02/07 05:58:02 36 22.9 N 116 53.0 W  4.3    8 km ( 5 mi) SSW  of Furnace Creek, CA  
 9758349  2.4  2002/02/07 11:49:42 36  3.4 N 117 52.3 W  3.6    7 km ( 4 mi) E    of Coso Junction, CA  
 9758385  2.2  2002/02/07 14:23:35 34 24.2 N 116 10.0 W  5.3   31 km (20 mi) NNW  of Twentynine Palms, CA 
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