Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

February 15, 2002


The time period covered is 4 pm on Thursday, February 7 (PST) through 4 pm on Thursday, February 14 (PST). During this period we dectected and analysed 188 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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 9758433  2.1  2002/02/07 18:14:51 34 37.9 N 116 38.4 W  8.5   35 km (22 mi) NE   of Lucerne Valley, CA  
 9758449  2.5  2002/02/07 22:00:14 33 27.7 N 115 47.5 W 11.0   14 km ( 8 mi) NNW  of Bombay Beach, CA  
 9758581  2.2  2002/02/08 05:59:17 32 18.9 N 114 56.9 W  7.0   52 km (33 mi) SW   of Yuma, AZ  
 9758589  2.4  2002/02/08 06:37:41 33 27.7 N 115 48.0 W 10.4   14 km ( 9 mi) NNW  of Bombay Beach, CA  
 9758677  2.5  2002/02/08 10:52:09 36 26.8 N 117 52.1 W  7.7   22 km (14 mi) NNE  of Olancha, CA  
12443932  2.6  2002/02/08 13:15:11 35 58.7 N 118 20.6 W  5.6   36 km (23 mi) WSW  of Coso Junction, CA  
12447436  3.7  2002/02/08 18:42:20 32 18.0 N 117 42.2 W  7.0   68 km (42 mi) SW   of Mission Beach, CA  
                          FELT in San Diego area
12447464  1.9  2002/02/08 23:01:59 34 52.6 N 116 20.9 W  4.3   50 km (31 mi) SSW  of Baker, CA  
12447468  2.1  2002/02/08 23:26:40 32 32.0 N 115 46.8 W  2.2   30 km (19 mi) SE   of Ocotillo, CA  
12447492  2.2  2002/02/09 03:43:49 36 11.6 N 117 53.1 W  5.6   15 km ( 9 mi) SE   of Olancha, CA  
12447496  2.3  2002/02/09 03:49:37 32 37.6 N 115 53.9 W  7.5   15 km ( 9 mi) SE   of Ocotillo, CA  
12447520  2.1  2002/02/09 08:03:15 34 43.2 N 116 18.5 W  2.2   64 km (40 mi) SSW  of Baker, CA  
12447640  2.4  2002/02/10 00:00:24 32  8.3 N 115 48.1 W  7.0   66 km (41 mi) SSW  of Calexico, CA  
12447708  2.2  2002/02/10 09:07:30 33 13.4 N 116  4.8 W  6.3   10 km ( 6 mi) NNE  of Ocotillo Wells, CA  
12447716  1.9  2002/02/10 09:39:32 32 20.1 N 115  7.3 W  7.0   51 km (32 mi) SE   of Calexico, CA  
12447740  2.0  2002/02/10 11:09:05 32 36.9 N 115 48.3 W  5.5   22 km (14 mi) SE   of Ocotillo, CA  
12447824  2.1  2002/02/10 20:32:42 33 17.0 N 116  9.6 W  4.4   16 km (10 mi) N    of Ocotillo Wells, CA  
12447868  2.6  2002/02/11 02:20:55 32 30.7 N 115 44.5 W  3.0   29 km (18 mi) SW   of Calexico, CA  
12447892  2.0  2002/02/11 05:30:06 36  4.2 N 117 50.4 W  3.7   10 km ( 6 mi) ENE  of Coso Junction, CA  
12447976  2.5  2002/02/11 13:36:27 32  6.3 N 116 25.5 W  7.0   76 km (48 mi) SE   of San Ysidro, CA  
12448012  2.3  2002/02/11 15:20:15 35 15.7 N 118 36.7 W  7.7   21 km (13 mi) ENE  of Arvin, CA  
12448124  2.0  2002/02/12 09:12:38 32 18.3 N 115 15.2 W  7.0   46 km (29 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
12448132  2.1  2002/02/12 10:09:06 32 19.8 N 114 54.9 W  7.0   49 km (31 mi) SSW  of Yuma, AZ  
12448260  2.3  2002/02/12 16:06:07 32  5.0 N 116 21.8 W  7.0   80 km (50 mi) SSW  of Ocotillo, CA  
12448412  2.0  2002/02/13 13:20:13 32 18.0 N 115  4.3 W  7.0   57 km (35 mi) SE   of Calexico, CA  
12448480  2.2  2002/02/14 00:41:30 32  6.3 N 115 31.2 W  7.0   63 km (39 mi) S    of Calexico, CA  
12448512  2.1  2002/02/14 06:46:26 32 54.5 N 115 31.8 W 15.6    6 km ( 4 mi) S    of Brawley, CA  
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