Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

May 24, 2002


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, May 16 (PDT) through 5 pm on Thursday, May 23 (PDT). 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 locat
ion
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13159460  2.0  2002/05/17 09:11:42 32 40.9 N 117 20.4 W  7.0   13 km ( 8 mi) SW   of Mission Beach, CA  
13163428  2.1  2002/05/17 10:07:05 34 37.9 N 116 41.0 W  5.1   32 km (20 mi) NE   of Lucerne Valley, CA  
13175432  2.2  2002/05/17 19:19:00 33 59.9 N 116 50.6 W 19.9    8 km ( 5 mi) NNE  of Banning, CA  
13219436  1.9  2002/05/18 15:35:51 32 21.5 N 115 15.4 W  7.0   41 km (25 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
13227452  2.2  2002/05/18 19:55:40 34 39.0 N 119 55.1 W  3.8   21 km (13 mi) ENE  of Solvang, CA  
13279440  2.4  2002/05/19 20:21:35 34 37.9 N 116 38.5 W  8.4   35 km (22 mi) NE   of Lucerne Valley, CA  
13279444  2.0  2002/05/19 20:59:44 35 42.3 N 118  4.6 W  3.2   36 km (22 mi) ENE  of town of Lake Isabella, CA  
13283436  2.0  2002/05/20 01:58:13 32 12.2 N 115 24.9 W  7.0   52 km (32 mi) S    of Calexico, CA  
13283440  2.2  2002/05/20 03:52:33 33 58.1 N 116 37.3 W 17.2    9 km ( 6 mi) SSW  of Morongo Valley, CA  
13287452  2.5  2002/05/20 09:14:42 35 35.3 N 116 18.8 W  5.6   42 km (26 mi) NNW  of Baker, CA  
13291460  2.7  2002/05/20 19:58:42 35 36.4 N 116 18.8 W  7.0   41 km (26 mi) S    of Shoshone, CA  
13299444  2.1  2002/05/21 11:38:28 33 58.8 N 117  0.9 W 14.9    6 km ( 4 mi) SSE  of Yucaipa, CA  
13303428  3.9  2002/05/21 12:43:08 33  9.5 N 115 58.6 W 12.9   13 km ( 8 mi) S    of Salton City, CA  
               FELT in Imperial Valley and as far away as Palm Springs.
13303468  2.0  2002/05/21 14:26:08 33  9.6 N 115 58.6 W  6.9   13 km ( 8 mi) S    of Salton City, CA  
13303476  2.0  2002/05/21 14:37:58 34  2.1 N 118 10.0 W 19.1    1 km ( 0 mi) ENE  of East Los Angeles, CA  
13307504  2.6  2002/05/22 08:35:29 32 12.4 N 115 22.3 W  7.0   53 km (33 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
13307516  2.7  2002/05/22 09:58:23 33  9.0 N 115 59.0 W 10.8   14 km ( 9 mi) E    of Ocotillo Wells, CA  
13307592  2.0  2002/05/22 15:24:54 35 41.0 N 118  6.2 W  8.2   33 km (21 mi) E    of town of Lake Isabella, CA  
13315432  2.5  2002/05/23 00:46:47 33 49.7 N 118 29.5 W 14.8    9 km ( 5 mi) NW   of Palos Verdes Point, CA  
               FELT in the South Bay area.
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