Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week
Nick Scheckel ,
Seismological Laboratory
Lucy Jones,
U. S. Geological Survey
California Institute of Technology
December 27, 2001
Nick Scheckel ,
Seismological Laboratory
Lucy Jones,
U. S. Geological Survey
California Institute of Technology
December 27, 2001
The time period covered is 4 pm on Thursday, December 20 (PST)
through 4 pm on Thursday, December 27 (PDT). During this period
we dectected and analysed 169 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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9738157 2.9 2001/12/21 15:21:24 32 0.3 N 117 22.8 W 7.0 68 km (43 mi) SSW of San Ysidro, CA
9738181 2.7 2001/12/21 16:52:16 32 4.3 N 117 21.4 W 19.4 61 km (38 mi) SSW of San Ysidro, CA
9738289 2.5 2001/12/21 19:31:20 32 1.6 N 117 23.8 W 15.4 67 km (42 mi) SSW of San Ysidro, CA
9738333 2.1 2001/12/22 02:38:56 33 5.6 N 116 2.7 W 11.6 10 km ( 6 mi) SE of Ocotillo Wells, CA
9738745 2.2 2001/12/22 11:47:18 33 11.5 N 115 36.1 W 2.5 4 km ( 2 mi) NE of Obsidian Butte, CA
9738925 2.6 2001/12/22 20:53:57 33 39.6 N 116 44.6 W 14.8 10 km ( 6 mi) SSW of Idyllwild, CA
9739141 2.1 2001/12/22 21:26:10 32 21.1 N 114 58.5 W 7.0 51 km (31 mi) SW of Yuma, AZ
9739233 2.2 2001/12/22 22:26:18 32 31.0 N 115 14.6 W 7.0 29 km (18 mi) SE of Calexico, CA
9739561 2.3 2001/12/23 04:26:30 35 18.9 N 120 38.7 W 12.4 4 km ( 3 mi) NNE of San Luis Obispo, CA
9739625 2.3 2001/12/23 10:50:59 32 20.9 N 115 13.7 W 7.0 43 km (27 mi) SE of Calexico, CA
9739797 2.2 2001/12/24 11:17:53 34 1.1 N 118 56.2 W 7.4 3 km ( 2 mi) S of Leo Carrillo State Beach, CA
9739817 2.3 2001/12/24 14:20:40 34 4.8 N 119 11.6 W 20.2 7 km ( 5 mi) S of Port Hueneme, CA
9739833 2.0 2001/12/24 17:26:34 34 36.7 N 116 17.6 W 4.7 53 km (33 mi) N of Joshua Tree, CA
9740029 2.5 2001/12/25 13:27:11 32 1.4 N 117 21.4 W 7.0 66 km (41 mi) SSW of San Ysidro, CA
9740053 2.4 2001/12/25 14:51:51 32 28.0 N 118 9.8 W 31.3 43 km (27 mi) SSE of San Clemente Is.
9740077 2.6 2001/12/25 16:53:11 32 18.5 N 115 1.3 W 7.0 57 km (36 mi) SW of Yuma, AZ
9740081 2.1 2001/12/25 17:27:34 32 19.7 N 115 1.7 W 7.0 56 km (35 mi) SW of Yuma, AZ
9740089 2.6 2001/12/25 17:45:22 32 18.7 N 115 1.1 W 7.0 57 km (35 mi) SW of Yuma, AZ
9740093 2.0 2001/12/25 18:20:48 32 18.1 N 115 1.4 W 7.0 58 km (36 mi) SW of Yuma, AZ
9740105 2.1 2001/12/25 18:59:15 32 18.6 N 115 1.3 W 7.0 57 km (35 mi) SW of Yuma, AZ
9740141 2.7 2001/12/25 21:30:18 32 21.0 N 117 44.3 W 7.0 66 km (41 mi) SW of Mission Beach, CA
9740181 2.5 2001/12/26 01:29:53 32 2.7 N 114 56.4 W 7.0 78 km (49 mi) SSW of Yuma, AZ
9740269 2.0 2001/12/26 09:27:11 33 42.1 N 116 43.4 W 18.0 5 km ( 3 mi) S of Idyllwild, CA
9740341 2.2 2001/12/26 14:15:59 35 48.3 N 118 2.7 W 9.4 28 km (17 mi) SSW of Coso Junction, CA
9740377 2.8 2001/12/26 15:08:27 32 10.6 N 114 59.6 W 7.1 67 km (42 mi) SSW of Yuma, AZ
9740589 2.6 2001/12/27 05:42:25 34 8.4 N 119 32.1 W 7.0 12 km ( 8 mi) N of Santa Cruz Is.
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Commentary
At 2:57 pm this afternoon, there was a M2.9 quake felt in the Rancho
Cucamonga and Etiwanda areas. The epicenter was 5 miles
north-northwest of Rancho Cucamonga (slightly north of the mountain
front), and the depth was about 8 miles.