1 Southern California Seismicity Summary

Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

March 15, 2002


The time period covered is 4 pm on Thursday, March 7 (PST) through 4 pm on Thursday, March 14 (PST). During this period we dectected and analysed 219 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
       -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
2475464  2.7  2002/03/07 16:00:42 32 25.6 N 115 19.7 W  7.0   31 km (19 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
12475492  2.8  2002/03/07 20:54:31 33 52.9 N 116 18.4 W  4.8   19 km (12 mi) NE   of Cathedral City, CA  
12475496  2.3  2002/03/07 22:47:40 32 27.0 N 115 19.2 W  7.0   29 km (18 mi) SE   of Calexico, CA  
12475508  2.0  2002/03/08 00:46:52 32 26.7 N 115 19.2 W  7.0   30 km (18 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
12475536  2.2  2002/03/08 03:29:33 32 14.6 N 115 19.9 W  7.1   50 km (31 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
12475540  2.0  2002/03/08 04:05:23 34 36.1 N 116 13.6 W  4.2   52 km (33 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA  
12475588  2.5  2002/03/08 08:01:41 33 26.0 N 116 28.0 W 13.8   22 km (13 mi) NNW  of Borrego Springs, CA  
12475600  2.3  2002/03/08 08:50:47 32 26.5 N 115 19.1 W  7.0   30 km (19 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
12475620  2.1  2002/03/08 10:52:29 32 28.2 N 115 19.7 W  7.0   27 km (17 mi) SE   of Calexico, CA  
12475624  2.7  2002/03/08 11:32:20 32 27.0 N 115 19.2 W  7.0   29 km (18 mi) SE   of Calexico, CA  
 9504846  2.0  2002/03/08 14:03:51 32 16.6 N 115 20.0 W  7.0   46 km (29 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
12475692  2.2  2002/03/08 15:31:43 32 19.0 N 115 21.1 W  7.0   41 km (26 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
12475712  2.6  2002/03/08 18:02:32 32 24.3 N 115 19.7 W  7.0   33 km (21 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
12475720  2.0  2002/03/08 18:31:02 32 24.5 N 115 19.5 W  7.0   33 km (21 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
12475724  2.1  2002/03/08 18:34:49 32 28.2 N 115 19.5 W  7.0   27 km (17 mi) SE   of Calexico, CA  
12475732  2.6  2002/03/08 19:25:25 32 25.1 N 115 19.0 W  7.0   32 km (20 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
12475740  2.0  2002/03/08 21:54:21 32 19.8 N 115 19.2 W  7.0   41 km (25 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
12475760  2.0  2002/03/08 23:03:59 33 22.0 N 116 18.6 W 14.1   14 km ( 9 mi) NNE  of Borrego Springs, CA  
12479440  2.0  2002/03/09 09:12:38 34 22.1 N 118 39.8 W 15.5   10 km ( 6 mi) WSW  of Valencia, CA  
12483428  2.2  2002/03/09 13:55:40 32 17.9 N 115 18.9 W  7.0   44 km (28 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
12487432  2.2  2002/03/09 14:59:21 33 47.6 N 118 11.2 W 16.3    2 km ( 1 mi) WSW  of Signal Hill, CA  
               FELT in Long Beach, Lakewood, Bellflower
12487552  2.1  2002/03/09 23:25:43 32 11.1 N 116 37.7 W  7.0   56 km (35 mi) SE   of San Ysidro, CA  
12491444  2.7  2002/03/10 03:03:06 35 12.1 N 118 34.4 W  6.2   14 km ( 9 mi) NW   of Tehachapi, CA  
               FELT in Bear Valley, Tehachapi
12503436  2.7  2002/03/10 17:57:14 32 15.9 N 115 19.7 W  7.0   47 km (29 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
12507440  2.1  2002/03/10 22:52:29 32 16.4 N 115 19.7 W  7.0   47 km (29 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
12507444  2.2  2002/03/10 23:04:13 32 10.6 N 115 20.6 W  7.0   56 km (35 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
12507452  2.3  2002/03/11 00:03:00 32 50.0 N 117 58.2 W  7.0   35 km (22 mi) E    of San Clemente Is. 
12523432  2.3  2002/03/11 07:56:29 32 10.2 N 116 35.1 W  7.0   60 km (38 mi) SE   of San Ysidro, CA  
12531428  3.0  2002/03/11 11:08:04 32 16.3 N 115 19.4 W  7.0   47 km (29 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
12539452  2.0  2002/03/11 16:40:44 33 41.8 N 116 49.2 W 16.2   11 km ( 7 mi) WSW  of Idyllwild, CA  
12547436  2.0  2002/03/11 22:57:57 36 39.2 N 118 10.9 W  5.6   12 km ( 7 mi) WNW  of Lone Pine, CA  
12567428  2.5  2002/03/13 04:06:37 32 12.4 N 115 20.9 W  7.0   53 km (33 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
12583452  2.0  2002/03/13 16:13:10 34 31.9 N 119  4.6 W 16.8   18 km (11 mi) ENE  of Ojai, CA  
12583492  2.1  2002/03/14 01:23:39 32 19.8 N 115 18.7 W  7.0   41 km (26 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
12583512  2.4  2002/03/14 04:58:18 32 18.9 N 115 18.8 W  7.0   43 km (27 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
12583544  2.8  2002/03/14 09:41:33 32 18.3 N 115 19.2 W  7.0   44 km (27 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
12583548  3.3  2002/03/14 10:41:27 34 50.7 N 116 21.1 W  7.5   53 km (33 mi) SSW  of Baker, CA  
        -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------