Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

December 14, 2000


The time period covered is 4 pm on Thursday, December 7 (PST) through 4 pm on Thursday, December 14 (PST). During this period we dectected and analysed 254 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.

Date  Time      Lat.     Long.     Mag. Descriptive location
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12/07  7:18 pm  34 19.9  116 38.3  2.2  13 mi. ENE of Big Bear City, CA             
12/07  7:48 pm  32 31.0  115 14.3  2.4  18 mi. SE of Calexico, CA                  
12/07 11:45 pm  36  1.4  117 41.8  2.1  14 mi. E of Coso Junction, CA             
12/07 11:46 pm  36  1.1  117 41.7  2.1  14 mi. E of Coso Junction, CA             
12/08  1:22 am  36  4.8  117 53.6  2.4  3 mi. NE of Coso Junction, CA             
12/08  4:57 am  34 19.9  116 28.3  2.2  14 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA              
12/08  7:46 am  34 27.0  116 29.6  2.4  23 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA              
12/08  3:12 pm  34 23.2  116 28.4  2.1  18 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA              
12/08  3:50 pm  34 19.3  116 50.2  2.1  4 mi. NNE of Big Bear City, CA             
12/08  9:32 pm  35 47.9  117 38.7  2.0  12 mi. N of Ridgecrest, CA                
12/09  5:44 am  32 21.6  115 13.8  2.5  26 mi. SE of Calexico, CA                  
12/09 10:43 am  34 10.0  117 23.6  2.2  3 mi. S of Devore, CA                    
12/09  7:28 pm  34 15.9  118 37.1  2.1  1 mi. NW of Chatsworth, CA                
12/09  8:23 pm  32 21.4  115 19.4  2.6  23 mi. SSE of Calexico, CA                  
12/10  4:09 am  34  5.7  117 26.2  2.9  Under Fontana, CA                   
12/10 10:27 am  34  5.4  116 25.5  3.2  2 mi. SSE of Yucca Valley, CA              
12/10 11:34 am  34 47.6  116 18.2  2.6  35 mi. SSW of Baker, CA                     
12/10 11:37 am  34  2.9  117 15.5  3.0  Under Loma Linda, CA                
12/10 12:25 pm  34 47.3  116 18.3  2.1  35 mi. SSW of Baker, CA                     
12/10  8:43 pm  35 28.1  118 19.9  2.3  13 mi. SSE of town of Lake Isabella, CA     
12/11  3:23 am  34  0.6  116 41.8  2.7  6 mi. WSW of Morongo Valley, CA            
12/11  6:58 am  35 15.2  118 33.9  3.0  10 mi. NW of Tehachapi, CA                 
12/11 10:04 am  34  0.6  116 41.8  3.4  6 mi. WSW of Morongo Valley, CA            
12/11  1:59 pm  34 16.6  118 29.6  2.0  Under Granada Hills, CA             
12/11  2:00 pm  34 17.9  118 29.4  2.0  1 mi. NNE of Granada Hills, CA             
12/11  2:29 pm  34 39.9  116 17.7  2.1  36 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA               
12/11  8:00 pm  35 15.2  118 34.8  2.5  11 mi. NW of Tehachapi, CA                 
12/11 11:01 pm  33 55.3  120 11.2  2.4  4 mi. WSW of Santa Rosa Is., CA            
12/12  1:15 pm  34 11.5  117 23.3  2.4  2 mi. SSE of Devore, CA                    
12/12  1:29 pm  35 56.8  118 19.1  2.1  22 mi. NNE of town of Lake Isabella, CA     
12/12  8:08 pm  34 22.4  118 33.6  2.0  1 mi. S of Valencia, CA                  
12/13  1:46 am  34 23.4  116 27.4  2.2  18 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA              
12/13  6:55 am  34 55.7  119  1.2  2.3  5 mi. WSW of Grapevine, CA                 
12/13  8:03 am  34 19.8  116 27.5  2.1  14 mi. N of Yucca Valley, CA              
12/13  8:43 am  34 23.8  116  9.5  2.9  18 mi. NNW of Twentynine Palms, CA          
12/13 10:57 am  34  6.2  116 59.8  2.1  5 mi. NNE of Yucaipa, CA                   
12/13  2:57 pm  34 34.3  116 15.8  2.4  30 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA               
12/13  5:05 pm  33 23.1  117 49.6  2.5  8 mi. SW of Dana Point, CA                
12/13 10:50 pm  34 33.7  116 16.4  2.7  29 mi. N of Joshua Tree, CA               
12/13 11:43 pm  34 43.6  117  2.5  2.6  11 mi. S of Barstow, CA                   
12/14  3:17 pm  32 20.7  114 56.2  2.0  30 mi. SW of Yuma, AZ                      
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