Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

March 29, 2002


The time period covered is 4 pm on Thursday, March 21 (PST) through 4 pm on Thursday, March 28 (PST). During this period we dectected and analysed 187 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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 9772789  2.5  2002/03/21 22:55:11 33 58.0 N 117 44.1 W 13.0    7 km ( 4 mi) SW   of Chino, CA  
               FELT in Chino Hills, Corona
 9772861  2.9  2002/03/22 13:15:03 33 38.6 N 119 18.1 W  7.0   29 km (18 mi) NW   of Santa Barbara Is., CA  
 9772873  2.4  2002/03/22 14:01:10 32 43.3 N 115 31.0 W 17.1    6 km ( 4 mi) NNW  of Calexico, CA  
               FELT in El Centro
 9772897  2.9  2002/03/22 15:37:53 35 46.8 N 118  2.6 W  6.8   31 km (19 mi) SSW  of Coso Junction, CA  
 9772973  3.4  2002/03/23 04:27:32 34 16.0 N 116 46.5 W  3.0    7 km ( 5 mi) E    of Big Bear City, CA  
               FELT in Big Bear area, San Bernardino, Riverside
 9772977  2.0  2002/03/23 04:29:08 34 16.1 N 116 46.0 W  5.5    8 km ( 5 mi) E    of Big Bear City, CA  
 9773069  2.6  2002/03/23 19:00:05 32 24.8 N 115  6.6 W  7.0   46 km (29 mi) SE   of Calexico, CA  
 9773073  2.0  2002/03/23 19:03:13 32 24.4 N 115  6.2 W  7.0   47 km (29 mi) SE   of Calexico, CA  
 9773081  2.7  2002/03/23 19:48:19 32 19.3 N 115 18.3 W  7.0   42 km (26 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9773085  2.5  2002/03/23 19:59:52 32 21.4 N 115 10.2 W  7.0   46 km (29 mi) SE   of Calexico, CA  
 9773121  2.1  2002/03/24 00:11:47 32 18.2 N 115 19.1 W  6.9   44 km (27 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9773189  2.3  2002/03/24 11:41:54 34 21.6 N 118 40.5 W 14.7   10 km ( 6 mi) NNE  of Simi Valley, CA  
 9773197  2.3  2002/03/24 12:10:43 32 19.7 N 115 18.9 W  7.0   41 km (26 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9773261  2.2  2002/03/25 02:11:27 32 13.1 N 115 19.8 W  7.0   52 km (33 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9773269  2.8  2002/03/25 03:25:12 34 46.7 N 116 23.3 W 11.0   59 km (37 mi) ESE  of Barstow, CA  
 9773277  2.6  2002/03/25 04:10:51 34 52.0 N 116 23.3 W  2.5   53 km (33 mi) SSW  of Baker, CA  
 9773281  2.1  2002/03/25 04:21:15 34  2.6 N 117 15.6 W 16.3    1 km ( 0 mi) SW   of Loma Linda, CA  
 9773533  3.0  2002/03/26 01:10:12 32 18.8 N 115 19.6 W  7.0   42 km (26 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9773557  3.0  2002/03/26 03:28:33 32 48.7 N 115 36.3 W 16.5    5 km ( 3 mi) WNW  of El Centro, CA  
               FELT in El Centro, Imperial
 9773621  2.8  2002/03/26 10:20:47 32 17.1 N 115 18.3 W  7.0   46 km (29 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9773629  3.7  2002/03/26 11:44:27 32 17.6 N 115 19.3 W  7.0   45 km (28 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
               FELT in Mexicali, El Centro, Brawley
 9773785  3.0  2002/03/27 05:23:08 34 31.5 N 116 17.5 W  8.8   43 km (27 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA  
 9773789  2.9  2002/03/27 05:23:18 32 15.9 N 115 19.0 W  7.0   48 km (30 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9773813  2.9  2002/03/27 07:08:02 32 18.7 N 115 19.2 W  7.0   43 km (27 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9773949  2.4  2002/03/27 13:28:42 32 18.7 N 115 19.3 W  7.0   43 km (27 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9774045  3.0  2002/03/27 22:56:08 33 21.0 N 115 45.1 W  5.1    2 km ( 1 mi) W    of Bombay Beach, CA  
 9774081  1.9  2002/03/28 05:57:17 32 40.0 N 115 52.2 W  7.5   14 km ( 9 mi) ESE  of Ocotillo, CA  
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