Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

September 26, 2002


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, September 19 (PDT) through 5 pm on Thursday, September 26 (PDT). During this period we dectected and analysed 201 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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 9826341  2.1  2002/09/20 01:28:09 33  9.4 N 115 37.2 W  5.9    2 km ( 1 mi) SE   of Obsidian Butte, CA  
 9826377  2.7  2002/09/20 04:38:36 36  3.0 N 117 52.8 W  2.5    6 km ( 4 mi) E    of Coso Junction, CA  
 9826413  2.2  2002/09/20 08:12:13 34 20.0 N 116 38.3 W  0.8   21 km (13 mi) ENE  of Big Bear City, CA  
 9826537  2.1  2002/09/20 12:09:33 34 20.1 N 116 38.1 W  2.7   21 km (13 mi) ENE  of Big Bear City, CA  
 9826789  4.3  2002/09/21 14:26:16 33 13.5 N 116  6.8 W 14.6    9 km ( 6 mi) N    of Ocotillo Wells, CA  
               Widely felt in the Borrego Badlands. Felt from the U.S./Mexico border to Corona & Twentynine Palms.
 9826805  2.1  2002/09/21 15:01:29 33 14.4 N 116  6.6 W 13.2   11 km ( 7 mi) N    of Ocotillo Wells, CA  
 9826849  2.5  2002/09/21 17:58:36 33 14.2 N 116  6.7 W 13.4   11 km ( 7 mi) N    of Ocotillo Wells, CA  
 9510934  2.1  2002/09/22 13:39:36 34 42.1 N 120 27.0 W  3.3    7 km ( 4 mi) N    of Lompoc, CA  
 9827101  2.2  2002/09/23 00:27:33 34  0.2 N 116 46.0 W 20.6    9 km ( 6 mi) N    of Cabazon, CA  
 9827109  3.6  2002/09/23 01:13:16 32 10.9 N 115 23.0 W  7.0   55 km (34 mi) S    of Calexico, CA  
               Felt in the Imperial Valley area
 9827157  2.6  2002/09/23 03:08:44 32 16.0 N 115 23.5 W  7.1   46 km (28 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9827169  2.7  2002/09/23 05:07:33 32 15.6 N 115 22.7 W  7.0   47 km (29 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9827229  3.1  2002/09/23 08:41:26 32 12.4 N 115 22.6 W  7.0   53 km (33 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9827329  2.5  2002/09/23 16:25:58 32 16.3 N 115 23.4 W  7.0   45 km (28 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9827333  2.5  2002/09/23 16:33:29 33 15.4 N 116  7.8 W  7.8   13 km ( 8 mi) N    of Ocotillo Wells, CA  
 9827357  3.0  2002/09/23 18:20:53 32 14.3 N 115 23.6 W  7.0   49 km (30 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9827361  2.3  2002/09/23 18:22:27 32 31.7 N 115 52.3 W  7.0   26 km (16 mi) SSE  of Ocotillo, CA  
 9827473  2.9  2002/09/24 03:48:01 32 16.3 N 115 23.7 W  7.0   45 km (28 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9827489  2.6  2002/09/24 05:01:03 32 15.1 N 115 23.4 W  7.0   47 km (29 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9827565  2.1  2002/09/24 09:32:14 33 21.1 N 116 22.2 W 15.2   11 km ( 7 mi) N    of Borrego Springs, CA  
 9827705  2.5  2002/09/24 17:41:35 33 44.9 N 116  1.5 W  9.3   18 km (11 mi) ENE  of Indio, CA  
 9828117  2.1  2002/09/25 22:31:40 34 59.4 N 116 57.1 W  7.1   13 km ( 8 mi) NNE  of Barstow, CA  
 9828217  2.2  2002/09/26 07:49:55 33 58.6 N 117 12.9 W 16.9    9 km ( 5 mi) SSE  of Loma Linda, CA  
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