Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

Anthony Guarino , Seismological Laboratory
Lucy Jones, U. S. Geological Survey
California Institute of Technology

September 5, 2002


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, August 29 (PDT) through 5 pm on Thursday, September 5 (PDT). During this period we dectected and analysed 219 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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 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  
 9817561  2.9  2002/08/31 07:55:52 33  2.8 N 115 37.2 W 14.7    1 km ( 1 mi) NNE  of Westmorland, CA  
 9817573  2.6  2002/08/31 08:15:31 33  3.1 N 115 36.5 W 13.5    2 km ( 1 mi) NE   of Westmorland, CA  
 9817605  3.8  2002/08/31 09:24:33 33  2.7 N 115 36.6 W 14.2    1 km ( 1 mi) NE   of Westmorland, CA  
 9817629  2.6  2002/08/31 09:51:47 33  2.5 N 115 36.5 W 11.8    1 km ( 1 mi) ENE  of Westmorland, CA  
 9510134  2.9  2002/08/31 09:52:05 33  3.0 N 115 36.1 W  5.7    2 km ( 1 mi) NE   of Westmorland, CA  
 9817633  2.8  2002/08/31 09:56:37 33  2.7 N 115 36.5 W 15.7    2 km ( 1 mi) NE   of Westmorland, CA  
 9817641  2.6  2002/08/31 10:05:58 33  3.0 N 115 36.3 W 14.2    2 km ( 1 mi) NE   of Westmorland, CA  
 9817645  2.8  2002/08/31 10:13:04 33  3.3 N 115 36.6 W 15.6    2 km ( 1 mi) NNE  of Westmorland, CA  
 9817653  2.6  2002/08/31 10:23:21 33  3.1 N 115 37.1 W 15.2    2 km ( 1 mi) N    of Westmorland, CA  
 9817657  2.0  2002/08/31 10:25:53 33  4.1 N 115 36.0 W 16.0    4 km ( 3 mi) NNE  of Westmorland, CA  
 9818041  2.4  2002/09/01 06:50:36 35  1.7 N 116 30.4 W  1.7   48 km (30 mi) WSW  of Baker, CA  
 9818085  2.1  2002/09/01 11:12:55 33 46.6 N 118  5.1 W 15.3    4 km ( 3 mi) NNE  of Seal Beach, CA  
 9818285  2.5  2002/09/02 06:59:00 34 23.0 N 116 28.2 W  4.0   29 km (18 mi) N    of Yucca Valley, CA  
 9818413  2.7  2002/09/02 21:50:48 33 55.4 N 117 46.4 W 13.6    5 km ( 3 mi) NE   of Yorba Linda, CA  
 9818433  4.8  2002/09/03 00:08:51 33 55.0 N 117 46.5 W 12.9    5 km ( 3 mi) NE   of Yorba Linda, CA  
 9818437  2.0  2002/09/03 00:12:55 33 55.0 N 117 46.2 W 11.2    5 km ( 3 mi) NE   of Yorba Linda, CA  
 9818441  2.9  2002/09/03 00:15:51 33 55.4 N 117 46.3 W 11.7    5 km ( 3 mi) NE   of Yorba Linda, CA  
 9818445  2.5  2002/09/03 00:17:09 33 55.0 N 117 46.2 W 11.8    5 km ( 3 mi) NE   of Yorba Linda, CA  
 9818453  2.3  2002/09/03 00:22:39 33 55.0 N 117 46.5 W 11.8    5 km ( 3 mi) NE   of Yorba Linda, CA  
 9818529  2.0  2002/09/03 02:42:07 33 55.2 N 117 45.7 W  8.9    6 km ( 4 mi) NE   of Yorba Linda, CA  
 9818561  2.9  2002/09/03 04:28:39 33 55.1 N 117 46.3 W 10.3    5 km ( 3 mi) NE   of Yorba Linda, CA  
 9818565  3.1  2002/09/03 04:49:32 32 17.0 N 115 18.7 W  6.3   46 km (29 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9818573  2.2  2002/09/03 05:56:22 32 20.4 N 115 18.6 W  7.0   40 km (25 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9818745  2.7  2002/09/03 13:03:24 33 55.0 N 117 46.8 W  7.2    4 km ( 3 mi) NE   of Yorba Linda, CA  
 9819237  2.8  2002/09/04 07:44:17 33 37.2 N 116 41.8 W 14.0    8 km ( 5 mi) NNW  of Anza, CA  
 9819589  2.1  2002/09/05 05:34:02 35 41.5 N 117 16.5 W  7.8   12 km ( 7 mi) SE   of Trona, CA  
 9819693  2.2  2002/09/05 14:08:20 35  4.6 N 118 18.6 W  7.7   13 km ( 8 mi) WNW  of Mojave, CA  
 9819705  2.7  2002/09/05 15:25:51 34 20.8 N 116 27.4 W  8.3   25 km (16 mi) N    of Yucca Valley, CA 
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