Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

June 7, 2002


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, May 30 (PDT) through 5 pm on Thursday, June 6 (PDT). During this period we dectected and analysed 159 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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13543428  2.0  2002/05/30 21:27:37 32 44.0 N 115 55.9 W  5.0    6 km ( 4 mi) E    of Ocotillo, CA  
13563464  2.0  2002/05/31 13:26:17 32 45.6 N 116 37.4 W  8.7   32 km (20 mi) E    of El Cajon, CA  
13571464  2.4  2002/06/01 18:51:16 35 54.0 N 117 46.1 W 10.3   23 km (14 mi) SE   of Coso Junction, CA  
13587428  2.5  2002/06/02 14:36:07 36  1.1 N 117 52.7 W  3.8    7 km ( 4 mi) ESE  of Coso Junction, CA  
13587440  2.0  2002/06/02 14:44:11 36  0.6 N 117 52.5 W  3.9    8 km ( 5 mi) ESE  of Coso Junction, CA  
13587472  2.1  2002/06/02 16:22:11 35 18.4 N 120 34.1 W  6.6    9 km ( 5 mi) ENE  of San Luis Obispo, CA  
13603432  2.1  2002/06/03 07:22:03 33 59.3 N 116 47.1 W 19.6    7 km ( 5 mi) N    of Cabazon, CA  
13643432  2.8  2002/06/05 04:04:54 34 48.0 N 116 15.9 W  5.9   55 km (34 mi) SSW  of Baker, CA  
13655752  2.2  2002/06/05 15:51:29 34 15.8 N 116 46.1 W  3.6    8 km ( 5 mi) E    of Big Bear City, CA  
13655500  2.4  2002/06/05 20:26:01 32 39.5 N 116  1.9 W 10.1    9 km ( 6 mi) SSW  of Ocotillo, CA  
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