Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

February 21, 2002


The time period covered is 4 pm on Thursday, February 14 (PST) through 4 pm on Thursday, February 21 (PST). During this period we dectected and analysed 174 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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12451620  2.9  2002/02/16 11:36:15 35 38.1 N 116 17.3 W  7.0   38 km (24 mi) S    of Shoshone, CA  
12451628  2.9  2002/02/16 12:10:34 35 10.2 N 119 24.0 W 20.5    6 km ( 3 mi) NE   of Taft, CA  
12451668  2.1  2002/02/16 15:15:04 33  9.6 N 115 38.1 W  4.2    1 km ( 1 mi) S    of Obsidian Butte, CA  
12455464  3.0  2002/02/18 15:05:34 32 18.6 N 115 16.8 W 29.3   45 km (28 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
12455484  3.3  2002/02/18 16:30:39 32 15.6 N 115 14.9 W  7.0   51 km (32 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
12455540  2.1  2002/02/18 21:53:09 36 59.1 N 117 52.1 W  7.0   36 km (22 mi) NE   of Independence, CA  
12455620  2.2  2002/02/19 08:50:52 34 21.9 N 116  7.6 W  6.0   26 km (16 mi) NNW  of Twentynine Palms, CA  
12455672  2.1  2002/02/19 11:22:45 36 11.2 N 117 53.3 W  2.7   15 km ( 9 mi) SE   of Olancha, CA  
 9504538  2.2  2002/02/19 11:23:04 36 10.8 N 117 54.1 W  2.4   15 km ( 9 mi) SE   of Olancha, CA  
12455852  2.7  2002/02/20 05:06:37 34 21.5 N 118 40.4 W 13.2    9 km ( 6 mi) NNE  of Simi Valley, CA  
12456028  2.7  2002/02/20 20:00:31 33 59.9 N 118 21.3 W 13.0    2 km ( 1 mi) ESE  of Baldwin Hills, CA  
12456160  3.2  2002/02/21 10:27:25 32 33.9 N 115 46.5 W  5.6   28 km (17 mi) SE   of Ocotillo, CA  
12456188  2.2  2002/02/21 12:00:51 34 18.5 N 116 55.7 W  6.6    7 km ( 5 mi) NNW  of town of Big Bear Lake, CA
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