Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

April 18, 2002


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, April 11(PDT) through 5 pm on Thursday, April 18 (PDT). During this period we dectected and analysed 47 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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 9777513  2.8  2002/04/11 22:50:27 32 19.9 N 115 19.3 W  7.0   41 km (25 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9777541  2.1  2002/04/12 03:02:57 33 39.3 N 116 46.1 W 14.4   11 km ( 7 mi) SSW  of Idyllwild, CA  
 9777745  2.8  2002/04/12 17:20:30 34 29.7 N 118 50.7 W 14.9   13 km ( 8 mi) NNE  of Fillmore, CA  
 9777781  2.3  2002/04/13 00:43:01 35 37.5 N 117 36.7 W  9.5    5 km ( 3 mi) E    of Ridgecrest, CA  
 9777941  2.1  2002/04/14 03:52:30 32 46.9 N 115 27.9 W 12.7    8 km ( 5 mi) E    of El Centro, CA  
 9778665  2.2  2002/04/15 20:34:03 32 53.7 N 115 31.1 W 15.9    8 km ( 5 mi) SSE  of Brawley, CA  
 9778669  2.1  2002/04/15 20:34:55 32 55.1 N 115 31.2 W  7.8    5 km ( 3 mi) SSE  of Brawley, CA  
 9778677  2.7  2002/04/15 20:49:20 32 54.0 N 115 31.3 W 18.3    7 km ( 4 mi) S    of Brawley, CA  
 9778925  2.5  2002/04/16 20:10:21 34  5.8 N 119 14.9 W 17.2    7 km ( 4 mi) SW   of Port Hueneme, CA  
 9778961  2.3  2002/04/17 03:16:54 33 18.0 N 116 14.3 W 11.3   14 km ( 8 mi) ENE  of Borrego Springs, CA  
 9778965  2.1  2002/04/17 04:20:36 33 17.3 N 116 14.2 W 14.5   13 km ( 8 mi) ENE  of Borrego Springs, CA  
 9779121  2.1  2002/04/18 12:20:53 34 24.9 N 118 58.6 W 18.0    6 km ( 4 mi) WNW  of Fillmore, CA  
 9779149  2.0  2002/04/18 15:39:37 34  6.1 N 116 52.2 W  8.2    4 km ( 3 mi) W    of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA  
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