Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

May 31, 2002


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, May 23 (PDT) through 5 pm on Thursday, May 30 (PDT). During this period we dectected and analysed 195 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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13351496  2.7  2002/05/24 17:05:17 35 35.3 N 116 18.6 W  7.0   42 km (26 mi) NNW  of Baker, CA  
13355464  2.4  2002/05/24 20:54:29 34 41.1 N 116 18.0 W 10.2   61 km (38 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA  
13367432  2.9  2002/05/25 05:03:33 36 42.0 N 116 19.6 W  7.0   55 km (34 mi) ENE  of Furnace Creek, CA  
13419428  2.4  2002/05/26 07:25:15 35 41.8 N 116 33.9 W 11.6   41 km (25 mi) SW   of Shoshone, CA  
13439428  2.0  2002/05/27 03:44:06 34 16.0 N 116 55.8 W  8.0    3 km ( 2 mi) NW   of town of Big Bear Lake, CA  
13451428  2.2  2002/05/27 05:05:18 36 27.7 N 117 53.2 W 12.0   22 km (14 mi) SE   of Lone Pine, CA  
13451432  3.0  2002/05/27 06:50:20 33 54.5 N 119 34.2 W 14.6   15 km ( 9 mi) SSW  of Santa Cruz Is. 
13467428  2.5  2002/05/27 13:40:38 34 19.4 N 116 26.9 W  1.2   23 km (14 mi) N    of Yucca Valley, CA  
13467460  2.0  2002/05/27 14:46:52 36 27.6 N 117 53.1 W 11.1   23 km (14 mi) NNE  of Olancha, CA  
13491432  2.4  2002/05/28 02:49:33 33 56.7 N 116 50.4 W 10.9    4 km ( 2 mi) ENE  of Banning, CA  
13491444  2.3  2002/05/28 03:47:13 36 49.7 N 117 29.4 W 14.3   39 km (24 mi) NW   of Stovepipe Wells, CA  
13503464  2.4  2002/05/29 08:48:09 34 30.3 N 120 45.3 W  5.6   13 km ( 8 mi) SW   of Pt. Arguello, CA  
13507500  2.1  2002/05/29 19:26:08 34 29.1 N 120 46.1 W  5.6   15 km ( 9 mi) SW   of Pt. Arguello, CA  
13527436  2.3  2002/05/30 08:50:26 34  1.7 N 116 45.2 W 16.4   10 km ( 6 mi) SE   of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA  
13527468  2.1  2002/05/30 10:34:17 34  1.7 N 117  4.7 W 11.7    4 km ( 3 mi) W    of Yucaipa, CA  
13531484  2.5  2002/05/30 16:06:24 32  3.2 N 116 18.8 W  7.0   82 km (51 mi) SSW  of Ocotillo, CA  
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