Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

May 17, 2002


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, May 9 (PDT) through 5 pm on Thursday, May 16 (PDT). During this period we dectected and analysed 193 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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12959444  2.4  2002/05/09 19:32:59 34  9.2 N 117 26.2 W 11.0    5 km ( 3 mi) N    of Fontana, CA  
12963436  2.1  2002/05/09 23:24:20 34  7.9 N 118 29.4 W 12.5    3 km ( 2 mi) SSE  of Encino, CA  
                          FELT in southern San Fernando Valley
12979428  2.0  2002/05/10 06:06:54 32 21.4 N 115 18.9 W  7.0   39 km (24 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
12983432  2.4  2002/05/10 09:33:19 36  7.6 N 117 42.2 W  2.4   24 km (15 mi) ENE  of Coso Junction, CA  
12987436  2.9  2002/05/10 14:33:12 35 22.8 N 118 28.3 W  7.0   28 km (17 mi) N    of Tehachapi, CA  
                          FELT in Caliente
12987484  2.4  2002/05/10 18:02:36 32  3.9 N 116 19.0 W  7.0   80 km (50 mi) SSW  of Ocotillo, CA  
12987488  2.2  2002/05/10 19:07:49 33 59.1 N 119 28.6 W  7.0    7 km ( 4 mi) SE   of Santa Cruz Is. 
12987512  2.0  2002/05/10 21:07:26 32 23.8 N 115 25.4 W  7.0   31 km (19 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
12987516  2.2  2002/05/10 21:34:28 32 18.4 N 115 18.3 W  7.0   44 km (27 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
12987528  3.0  2002/05/10 22:16:34 32  2.4 N 116 18.9 W  7.0   83 km (52 mi) SSW  of Ocotillo, CA  
12995428  2.1  2002/05/11 02:27:39 32 17.5 N 115 19.5 W  7.0   45 km (28 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
12995460  2.1  2002/05/11 08:08:41 34 17.8 N 118 38.1 W 13.9    5 km ( 3 mi) NNW  of Chatsworth, CA  
13007460  2.5  2002/05/11 16:08:21 35 42.3 N 118  5.0 W  3.5   35 km (22 mi) ENE  of town of Lake Isabella, CA  
13011468  2.3  2002/05/12 00:32:27 32  5.8 N 116 26.2 W  7.0   76 km (47 mi) SE   of San Ysidro, CA  
13015440  2.0  2002/05/12 04:01:10 32 52.8 N 117 57.2 W  7.0   37 km (23 mi) E    of San Clemente Is. 
13023460  1.9  2002/05/12 10:50:19 32 47.8 N 115 27.0 W 13.5   10 km ( 6 mi) E    of El Centro, CA  
13031456  2.1  2002/05/12 19:24:42 32 44.3 N 115 30.8 W 16.1    7 km ( 4 mi) SSE  of El Centro, CA  
13075472  1.9  2002/05/14 03:11:06 34  7.6 N 117 29.7 W  5.6    6 km ( 4 mi) WNW  of Fontana, CA  
13083432  2.4  2002/05/14 07:05:21 32 19.1 N 115 18.7 W  7.0   43 km (26 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
13111448  2.0  2002/05/15 08:12:07 35 42.6 N 118  4.9 W  2.6   36 km (22 mi) ENE  of town of Lake Isabella, CA  
13115460  2.5  2002/05/15 16:32:11 35  7.5 N 118 58.2 W 26.1   14 km ( 8 mi) N    of Wheeler Ridge, CA  
13115492  2.4  2002/05/15 18:26:56 34 12.7 N 116 50.3 W  8.8    6 km ( 4 mi) SSE  of Big Bear City, CA  
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