Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week

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

October 26, 2001


The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, October 18 (PDT) through 5 pm on Thursday, October 25 (PDT). During this period we dectected and analysed 229 earthquakes. Click here to see a map.

The table below lists the quakes during the past week that were M2.5 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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 9714929  2.4  2001/10/19 01:11:58 33 12.9 N 115 36.1 W  4.2    6 km ( 4 mi) NNE  of Obsidian Butte, CA  
 9714937  2.5  2001/10/19 01:47:17 33 55.7 N 116 50.9 W  4.6    3 km ( 2 mi) E    of Banning, CA  
 9714965  2.1  2001/10/19 07:04:48 34  2.4 N 116 48.9 W 19.3    7 km ( 4 mi) S    of Mt. San Gorgonio, CA  
 9715117  2.3  2001/10/20 01:00:14 33 46.0 N 116  4.4 W  4.8   14 km ( 9 mi) ENE  of Indio, CA  
 9715161  2.0  2001/10/20 04:43:33 36  5.3 N 117 53.8 W  1.4    7 km ( 4 mi) NE   of Coso Junction, CA  
 9715321  2.0  2001/10/21 00:33:00 36  0.8 N 117 48.8 W  1.4   13 km ( 8 mi) ESE  of Coso Junction, CA  
 9715381  2.2  2001/10/21 10:14:56 36 21.3 N 118  1.4 W  7.0    8 km ( 5 mi) N    of Olancha, CA  
 9715389  2.4  2001/10/21 11:14:16 32  8.6 N 115 47.0 W  7.0   64 km (40 mi) SSW  of Calexico, CA  
 9715393  2.3  2001/10/21 11:26:20 32 20.5 N 115 15.0 W  7.0   43 km (27 mi) SSE  of Calexico, CA  
 9715413  3.0  2001/10/21 17:28:57 34  3.4 N 118 23.8 W 10.8    2 km ( 1 mi) SSE  of Beverly Hills, CA  
               FELT throughout northern LA Basin and San Fernando Valley
 9715437  2.1  2001/10/21 18:36:40 33 52.6 N 116 46.1 W 16.0    5 km ( 3 mi) SSE  of Cabazon, CA  
 9715477  2.2  2001/10/21 22:47:32 34  2.7 N 117 18.1 W 18.0    4 km ( 3 mi) W    of Loma Linda, CA  
 9715537  2.2  2001/10/22 05:07:08 35 46.0 N 119 45.1 W  7.0   50 km (31 mi) E    of Cholame, CA  
 9715621  2.3  2001/10/22 13:06:32 34  4.0 N 118 24.2 W  9.9    0 km ( 0 mi) SSW  of Beverly Hills, CA  
               FELT in Beverly Hills area, West LA, and southern San Fernando Valley
 9715641  2.9  2001/10/22 14:57:41 32  5.8 N 117 24.7 W  7.0   61 km (38 mi) SW   of San Ysidro, CA  
 9715685  2.2  2001/10/22 19:23:07 34  9.9 N 116 24.1 W 11.9    7 km ( 4 mi) NE   of Yucca Valley, CA  
11739600  3.3  2001/10/23 13:57:04 32  5.8 N 117 24.2 W  7.0   61 km (38 mi) SSW  of San Ysidro, CA  
11739624  2.5  2001/10/23 15:25:13 34  4.1 N 118 24.2 W  9.8    0 km ( 0 mi) SW   of Beverly Hills, CA  
               FELT in Beverly Hills area, West LA, and southern San Fernando Valley
 9715901  2.0  2001/10/23 20:42:23 34 29.5 N 116 20.0 W  5.5   39 km (25 mi) N    of Joshua Tree, CA  
 9715913  2.0  2001/10/23 22:06:07 33 14.6 N 116 18.2 W 11.4    7 km ( 4 mi) E    of Borrego Springs, CA  
 9715917  2.0  2001/10/23 22:06:23 33 15.3 N 116 17.2 W  7.0    8 km ( 5 mi) E    of Borrego Springs, CA  
12024191  2.1  2001/10/23 22:06:35 33 14.7 N 116 17.5 W  8.5    8 km ( 5 mi) E    of Borrego Springs, CA  
 9715921  2.4  2001/10/23 22:44:35 35 20.7 N 118 40.3 W  5.6   21 km (13 mi) NE   of Arvin, CA  
 9716013  2.6  2001/10/24 11:27:56 34  2.5 N 117 15.1 W 14.4    1 km ( 1 mi) SSE  of Loma Linda, CA  
 9716029  2.7  2001/10/24 12:57:13 34  9.1 N 117 42.9 W 12.5    5 km ( 3 mi) N    of Claremont Colleges, CA  
               FELT in Claremeont, Rancho Cucamonga
 9716037  2.1  2001/10/24 13:24:41 34 37.7 N 116 34.9 W  9.3   39 km (24 mi) ENE  of Lucerne Valley, CA  
 9716065  2.2  2001/10/24 15:26:16 34  3.2 N 117  0.2 W 14.0    4 km ( 2 mi) NE   of Yucaipa, CA  
 9716101  2.1  2001/10/24 18:51:52 32 22.4 N 115 11.8 W  7.0   43 km (27 mi) SE   of Calexico, CA  
 9716117  2.7  2001/10/24 19:01:39 32 34.8 N 116  5.2 W  6.5   19 km (12 mi) SSW  of Ocotillo, CA  
 9716129  2.2  2001/10/24 19:08:00 32 44.2 N 116 29.6 W  0.2   39 km (24 mi) SSE  of Julian, CA  
 9716161  2.0  2001/10/24 22:27:16 35 55.8 N 117 43.0 W  4.0   24 km (15 mi) ESE  of Coso Junction, CA  
 9716177  3.1  2001/10/24 23:41:45 33 17.2 N 118 40.9 W  5.6   29 km (18 mi) NNW  of San Clemente Is. 
               FELT in Avalon
 9716213  2.2  2001/10/25 07:02:45 33 18.3 N 116 20.3 W 13.4    7 km ( 4 mi) NNE  of Borrego Springs, CA  
 9716245  2.9  2001/10/25 10:29:24 35  9.4 N 117  5.8 W  3.6   29 km (18 mi) SW   of Goldstone Lake, CA  
 9716293  2.2  2001/10/25 14:57:02 33 42.3 N 118 11.9 W  9.5    8 km ( 5 mi) S    of Long Beach, CA  
               FELT in Long Beach
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