Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

August 30, 2002


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, August 22 (PDT) through 5 pm on Thursday, August 29 (PDT). During this period we dectected and analysed 174 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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 9813485  2.0  2002/08/22 19:29:33 33 28.2 N 116 32.1 W 14.5   16 km (10 mi) SE   of Anza, CA  
 9813505  2.0  2002/08/22 21:34:41 32 37.3 N 115 46.7 W  0.0   24 km (15 mi) ESE  of Ocotillo, CA  
 9813509  2.2  2002/08/22 21:35:56 32 37.6 N 115 46.8 W  0.1   23 km (15 mi) ESE  of Ocotillo, CA  
 9813529  2.9  2002/08/23 00:51:37 33 10.3 N 117 38.8 W 14.4   25 km (15 mi) W    of Oceanside, CA  
               FELT in Oceanside area
 9509974  2.2  2002/08/23 01:57:41 35 45.0 N 118 29.2 W  4.7   13 km ( 8 mi) N    of town of Lake Isabella, CA  
 9813573  2.5  2002/08/23 01:57:44 35 45.7 N 118 29.1 W  5.6   14 km ( 9 mi) N    of town of Lake Isabella, CA  
 9813585  2.2  2002/08/23 02:19:14 34 18.7 N 116 51.8 W  4.5    5 km ( 3 mi) N    of Big Bear City, CA  
 9813833  2.3  2002/08/23 14:28:07 32 21.8 N 115 11.9 W  7.0   44 km (27 mi) SE   of Calexico, CA  
 9814041  2.2  2002/08/24 02:02:18 33 10.7 N 115 39.1 W  2.4    2 km ( 1 mi) WNW  of Obsidian Butte, CA  
 9510062  2.0  2002/08/24 10:44:01 33  7.1 N 116  6.4 W  5.7    4 km ( 2 mi) SE   of Ocotillo Wells, CA  
 9814349  2.0  2002/08/25 02:27:40 33 11.8 N 115 34.2 W  3.1    7 km ( 4 mi) SW   of Niland, CA  
 9814353  2.4  2002/08/25 02:32:20 35 56.2 N 118 40.7 W 12.2   35 km (21 mi) ESE  of Porterville, CA  
 9815313  2.2  2002/08/26 16:35:03 36  2.6 N 118 49.5 W  9.2   18 km (11 mi) ESE  of Porterville, CA  
 9815321  2.1  2002/08/26 17:02:13 32 17.1 N 115 15.2 W  7.0   48 km (30 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9815821  2.1  2002/08/27 11:52:41 34 20.9 N 116 28.0 W  4.5   26 km (16 mi) N    of Yucca Valley, CA  
 9816269  2.0  2002/08/28 03:28:26 33 59.6 N 116 56.8 W  9.7    8 km ( 5 mi) NNE  of Beaumont, CA  
 9816273  2.0  2002/08/28 03:34:50 34 16.7 N 118 25.9 W 13.1    1 km ( 0 mi) SE   of Pacoima, CA  
 9816453  2.6  2002/08/28 08:11:48 35 34.7 N 117 10.1 W  9.4   28 km (17 mi) SE   of Trona, CA  
 9816449  2.6  2002/08/28 08:11:48 35 34.7 N 117 10.1 W  5.6   28 km (17 mi) SE   of Trona, CA  
 9816497  2.2  2002/08/28 10:14:06 33 59.6 N 116 56.9 W 10.4    8 km ( 5 mi) NNE  of Beaumont, CA  
 9816561  2.1  2002/08/28 14:12:49 32 22.7 N 115 14.2 W  7.0   40 km (25 mi) SE   of Calexico, CA  
 9816785  2.4  2002/08/29 03:25:11 36 39.7 N 115 38.2 W  0.0   95 km (59 mi) NE   of Shoshone, CA  
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