Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

April 5, 2002


The time period covered is 4 pm on Thursday, March 28 (PST) through 4 pm on Thursday, April 4 (PST). During this period we dectected and analysed 202 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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 9774321  2.3  2002/03/29 00:15:13 32 15.0 N 115 19.6 W  7.0   49 km (31 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9774457  2.9  2002/03/29 12:57:09 32 17.9 N 115 18.7 W  7.0   45 km (28 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9774469  2.0  2002/03/29 13:16:49 32 18.5 N 115 21.0 W  7.0   42 km (26 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9774497  2.3  2002/03/29 16:13:16 32 20.2 N 115 14.7 W  7.0   44 km (27 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9774505  3.3  2002/03/29 18:01:55 32 30.3 N 115 14.4 W  7.0   30 km (19 mi) SE   of Calexico, CA  
 9774569  3.8  2002/03/30 05:50:51 33 11.7 N 116 43.7 W  9.3    4 km ( 2 mi) ENE  of Mesa Grande, CA  
               WIDELY FELT from San Diego to Riverside, Palm Springs, Indio, peak intensity MMI IV
 9774641  2.5  2002/03/30 13:11:09 33 11.7 N 116 43.5 W 10.1    4 km ( 3 mi) ENE  of Mesa Grande, CA  
 9774713  2.5  2002/03/31 00:29:15 34  3.8 N 116 43.3 W 10.7   11 km ( 7 mi) ESE  of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA  
 9774765  2.5  2002/03/31 08:53:19 32 43.0 N 115 24.2 W 15.1   10 km ( 6 mi) ENE  of Calexico, CA  
 9774793  2.4  2002/03/31 10:37:52 34 19.9 N 118 45.0 W 15.6    7 km ( 4 mi) NNW  of Simi Valley, CA  
 9774893  2.0  2002/04/01 05:45:10 32 38.5 N 115 51.6 W 13.4   16 km (10 mi) SE   of Ocotillo, CA  
 9774993  2.1  2002/04/01 11:26:47 32 21.6 N 115 19.9 W  7.0   38 km (23 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9775021  2.8  2002/04/01 13:05:08 32 20.2 N 115 18.9 W  7.0   41 km (25 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9775293  2.3  2002/04/02 14:30:57 35  6.3 N 116 34.4 W  4.6   40 km (25 mi) SE   of Goldstone Lake, CA  
 9775345  2.2  2002/04/02 19:26:46 32 14.5 N 115 20.3 W  7.0   50 km (31 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9775385  2.8  2002/04/03 02:39:46 33 52.5 N 116 50.8 W 18.0    6 km ( 4 mi) SSE  of Banning, CA  
               FELT in Idyllwild
 9775469  2.1  2002/04/03 12:25:02 33 45.1 N 116 51.4 W  1.5   11 km ( 7 mi) E    of Hemet, CA  
 9775613  2.2  2002/04/04 06:29:04 32 21.4 N 115 21.5 W  7.0   37 km (23 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9775653  1.9  2002/04/04 11:00:29 32 19.5 N 115 19.5 W  7.0   41 km (26 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9775689  2.0  2002/04/04 13:44:50 36  3.5 N 117 32.7 W  4.0   36 km (22 mi) NNW  of Trona, CA  
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