A small (M2.4) quake was felt last night in the Culver City, Santa Monica, West Hollywood areas & parts of Los Angeles. The quake occurred at 9:52 pm & was located 2 miles north-northeast of the Baldwin Hills, or 3 miles northeast of Culver City.
January 31, 2003
January 30, 2003
Commentary
Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week
Nick Scheckel ,
Seismological Laboratory
Lucy Jones,
U. S. Geological Survey
California Institute of Technology
January 30, 2003
Nick Scheckel ,
Seismological Laboratory
Lucy Jones,
U. S. Geological Survey
California Institute of Technology
January 30, 2003
The time period covered is 5 pm on Thursday, January 23 (PST)
through 5 pm on Thursday, January 30 (PST). During this period
we dectected and analysed 291 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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9882285 2.0 2003/01/24 23:54:26 35 19.5 N 118 41.0 W 5.6 19 km (12 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9882293 2.7 2003/01/25 00:01:48 35 19.8 N 118 39.8 W 3.4 20 km (13 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9882305 2.6 2003/01/25 00:10:58 35 20.1 N 118 40.1 W 5.6 20 km (13 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9882309 2.4 2003/01/25 00:55:37 35 19.7 N 118 39.8 W 5.6 20 km (13 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9882321 2.0 2003/01/25 01:06:40 35 19.5 N 118 41.4 W 5.6 18 km (11 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9882325 3.9 2003/01/25 01:11:02 35 19.5 N 118 39.7 W 5.6 20 km (12 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
Felt in the Bakersfield & Tehachapi areas
9882329 4.5 2003/01/25 01:16:10 35 19.1 N 118 39.2 W 5.6 20 km (12 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
Felt in the Bakersfield & Tehachapi areas
9882337 2.1 2003/01/25 01:20:17 35 19.1 N 118 38.8 W 5.4 21 km (13 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9882341 2.0 2003/01/25 01:20:59 35 19.0 N 118 39.6 W 5.6 20 km (12 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9882353 2.3 2003/01/25 01:51:19 35 18.8 N 118 38.7 W 5.6 21 km (13 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9882357 2.4 2003/01/25 02:11:36 35 18.9 N 118 39.6 W 4.7 19 km (12 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9882369 2.4 2003/01/25 03:09:17 35 19.0 N 118 38.5 W 3.6 21 km (13 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9882401 2.1 2003/01/25 05:03:08 34 35.3 N 116 16.7 W 4.7 50 km (31 mi) N of Joshua Tree, CA
9882481 2.1 2003/01/25 12:30:27 35 19.0 N 118 39.5 W 5.6 20 km (12 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9882513 2.0 2003/01/25 14:58:43 35 20.1 N 118 41.9 W 5.6 19 km (12 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9882533 2.6 2003/01/25 18:50:04 33 15.4 N 116 6.7 W 13.2 13 km ( 8 mi) N of Ocotillo Wells, CA
9882545 3.0 2003/01/25 21:30:22 35 18.9 N 118 39.1 W 4.2 20 km (12 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9882625 2.8 2003/01/25 21:32:57 35 19.0 N 118 39.3 W 5.3 20 km (12 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9882657 2.0 2003/01/25 21:37:52 35 19.0 N 118 39.9 W 5.6 19 km (12 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9882749 2.4 2003/01/25 22:18:30 35 18.9 N 118 39.5 W 5.6 20 km (12 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9882757 2.9 2003/01/25 22:29:11 35 18.7 N 118 39.0 W 3.1 20 km (12 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9882769 2.5 2003/01/25 23:36:21 35 18.6 N 118 38.6 W 3.9 20 km (13 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9882817 2.6 2003/01/26 08:01:05 33 52.3 N 119 25.2 W 13.3 20 km (12 mi) SSE of Santa Cruz Is.
9883181 2.4 2003/01/27 06:43:06 36 3.8 N 117 38.7 W 2.3 27 km (17 mi) E of Coso Junction, CA
9883301 2.5 2003/01/27 11:15:33 32 0.2 N 116 16.8 W 7.0 86 km (53 mi) SSW of Ocotillo, CA
9883333 2.6 2003/01/27 13:48:54 34 52.9 N 120 25.6 W 2.1 8 km ( 5 mi) S of Santa Maria, CA
Felt in the Santa Maria area (with a couple of isolated reports from Santa Barbara & San
Simeon)
9883349 2.0 2003/01/27 15:26:09 36 11.4 N 118 0.9 W 5.0 10 km ( 6 mi) S of Olancha, CA
9883429 2.2 2003/01/28 02:52:36 35 19.2 N 118 39.2 W 2.3 20 km (13 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9883521 2.2 2003/01/28 11:56:52 34 2.0 N 117 15.3 W 17.8 2 km ( 1 mi) S of Loma Linda, CA
9883549 2.4 2003/01/28 13:23:19 32 15.3 N 115 47.7 W 7.0 54 km (33 mi) SSW of Calexico, CA
9883577 2.6 2003/01/28 15:04:34 32 18.0 N 115 18.8 W 7.0 44 km (28 mi) SSE of Calexico, CA
9883593 2.2 2003/01/28 16:10:09 35 20.1 N 118 40.0 W 3.2 20 km (13 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9883621 2.1 2003/01/28 18:04:59 35 20.2 N 118 40.1 W 3.1 21 km (13 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9883697 2.9 2003/01/28 18:19:48 35 19.7 N 118 40.1 W 2.6 20 km (12 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
12144203 2.5 2003/01/28 18:20:15 35 19.2 N 118 40.6 W 5.1 19 km (12 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9883701 3.0 2003/01/28 18:21:20 35 19.9 N 118 40.2 W 2.1 20 km (12 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
Felt in Bear Valley Springs & California City
9883737 2.0 2003/01/28 20:45:41 35 19.8 N 118 40.9 W 2.5 19 km (12 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9883741 2.6 2003/01/28 20:48:53 35 18.4 N 118 38.2 W 2.5 21 km (13 mi) ENE of Arvin, CA
9883745 2.3 2003/01/28 21:11:16 35 2.1 N 118 58.5 W 5.6 4 km ( 3 mi) NW of Wheeler Ridge, CA
9883749 2.6 2003/01/28 21:17:18 35 20.1 N 118 40.6 W 2.7 20 km (12 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9883757 2.1 2003/01/28 21:33:57 35 20.2 N 118 40.7 W 2.4 20 km (12 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9883761 2.5 2003/01/28 21:34:15 35 20.0 N 118 41.5 W 3.9 19 km (12 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9883765 2.9 2003/01/28 21:35:10 35 19.4 N 118 41.6 W 5.5 18 km (11 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
Felt in Bear Valley Springs & California City
9883769 2.5 2003/01/28 22:52:21 35 18.6 N 118 38.4 W 2.6 21 km (13 mi) ENE of Arvin, CA
9883781 2.2 2003/01/28 22:57:01 35 48.3 N 118 2.8 W 8.6 28 km (17 mi) SSW of Coso Junction, CA
9883841 2.3 2003/01/29 05:00:53 35 18.4 N 118 38.8 W 2.2 20 km (12 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9884153 2.1 2003/01/29 15:33:14 35 18.9 N 118 39.2 W 5.6 20 km (12 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9884193 2.4 2003/01/29 21:52:32 34 1.4 N 118 21.5 W 12.4 2 km ( 2 mi) NNE of Baldwin Hills, CA
Felt in Culver City, Santa Monica, West Hollywood areas & parts of Los Angeles
9884217 2.0 2003/01/30 00:54:05 35 20.8 N 118 37.9 W 0.4 24 km (15 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
13930332 2.1 2003/01/30 09:30:35 35 20.0 N 118 40.6 W 2.4 20 km (12 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
13930360 2.8 2003/01/30 11:28:12 35 18.3 N 118 38.4 W 2.0 20 km (13 mi) ENE of Arvin, CA
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January 29, 2003
Commentary
Two small members of the Arvin sequence, a M2.9 at 6:19 pm and a M3.0 at 6:21 pm, were felt in Bear Valley Springs & California City early yesterday evening. As with the others, these quakes occurred 12 miles northeast of Arvin.
Readers should note that the Arvin swarm is not unprecedented. In late 1983 & early 1984, the Durwood swarm, 20 miles north of Lake Isabella, went on for about 6 months. The largest event in the Durwood swarm was M4.5.
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January 28, 2003
Commentary
Yesterday afternoon, at 1:48 pm, a small quake was felt in the Santa Maria area (with a couple of isolated reports from Santa Barbara & San Simeon). The epicenter was located 5 miles south of Santa Maria & the magnitude was M2.6.
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January 25, 2003
Commentary
We had another pair of twin quakes in the Arvin area (12 miles NE of Arvin, near Caliente). There was a M3.7 (later updated to M3.9) quake at 1:11 am followed by a M4.2 (later updated to M4.5) quake just five minutes later at 1:16 am. Both events were reported felt in the Bakersfield & Tehachapi areas. The larger of the two showed a peak intensity of Modified Mercalli V in the epicentral area & stimulated sporadic “felt reports” from as far away as Santa Monica. So far, these are the largest quakes of a continuing swarm in the Arvin area (which also produced a pair of M3.6 events on January 2). The focal mechanism for the M4.5 is thrust.
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January 24, 2003
Commentary
There were some very sensitive people in the Culver City area yesterday: we got several “felt” calls on a M1.9 at 5:09 pm, located 1 mile northeast of Culver City, in the Baldwin Hills. The reports came from Culver City & portions of Los Angeles.
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January 23, 2003
Commentary
Southern California Earthquakes in the Past Week
Anthony Guarino ,
Seismological Laboratory
Lucy Jones,
U. S. Geological Survey
California Institute of Technology
January 23, 2003
Anthony Guarino ,
Seismological Laboratory
Lucy Jones,
U. S. Geological Survey
California Institute of Technology
January 23, 2003
The time period covered is 4 pm on Thursday, January 16 (PST)
through 4 pm on Thursday, January 23 (PST). During this period
we dectected and analysed 214 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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9880613 2.5 2003/01/16 10:21:11 34 15.2 N 117 33.6 W 7.1 9 km ( 6 mi) ESE of Mt. Baldy, CA
9880657 2.1 2003/01/16 13:01:45 34 31.5 N 118 46.1 W 16.7 14 km ( 9 mi) W of Castaic Lake dam, CA
9880749 2.3 2003/01/16 21:30:05 32 29.2 N 115 29.2 W 12.0 20 km (13 mi) S of Calexico, CA
9880769 2.1 2003/01/17 00:05:15 35 18.7 N 118 38.2 W 2.2 21 km (13 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9880781 2.8 2003/01/17 02:05:34 35 18.9 N 118 39.3 W 1.5 20 km (12 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9880785 2.7 2003/01/17 02:09:04 35 18.9 N 118 39.6 W 1.2 19 km (12 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9880805 2.0 2003/01/17 03:48:03 35 19.4 N 118 40.2 W 1.5 19 km (12 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9880821 2.4 2003/01/17 04:18:00 35 19.5 N 118 39.6 W 1.5 20 km (13 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9880825 2.1 2003/01/17 04:21:56 35 19.5 N 118 39.8 W 1.7 20 km (12 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9880937 2.1 2003/01/17 14:44:41 33 49.5 N 117 39.6 W 5.0 10 km ( 6 mi) WSW of Corona, CA
9881009 2.2 2003/01/17 21:13:10 35 18.9 N 118 39.9 W 1.7 19 km (12 mi) NE of Arvin, CA
9881041 3.1 2003/01/18 02:43:37 34 18.0 N 118 34.7 W 2.1 5 km ( 3 mi) NNE of Chatsworth, CA
FELT IN SAN FERNANDO VALLEY AND SIMI VALLEY
9881137 2.4 2003/01/18 18:11:10 33 49.5 N 117 39.1 W 5.2 10 km ( 6 mi) SW of Corona, CA
9881145 2.1 2003/01/18 18:21:47 36 20.6 N 118 6.2 W 5.6 11 km ( 7 mi) NW of Olancha, CA
9881177 2.0 2003/01/19 01:33:40 32 13.5 N 116 7.5 W 7.0 58 km (36 mi) SSW of Ocotillo, CA
9881205 2.1 2003/01/19 05:57:23 34 19.2 N 116 50.8 W 5.5 6 km ( 4 mi) N of Big Bear City, CA
9881209 2.1 2003/01/19 06:51:30 32 13.8 N 115 46.7 W 7.0 56 km (35 mi) SSW of Calexico, CA
9881241 2.1 2003/01/19 11:02:42 34 25.7 N 116 15.4 W 7.5 33 km (20 mi) N of Joshua Tree, CA
9881261 2.2 2003/01/19 14:01:48 34 19.4 N 116 50.9 W 5.3 6 km ( 4 mi) N of Big Bear City, CA
9881269 3.1 2003/01/19 14:59:46 32 12.1 N 115 47.9 W 7.0 59 km (37 mi) SSW of Calexico, CA
9881373 3.4 2003/01/20 06:57:02 32 46.1 N 115 33.0 W 21.6 3 km ( 2 mi) S of El Centro, CA
FELT IN EL CENTRO, CALEXICO, AND HEBER
9881473 2.2 2003/01/20 16:20:27 34 0.3 N 118 22.1 W 15.5 0 km ( 0 mi) ENE of Baldwin Hills, CA
FELT IN BALDWIN HILLS
9881485 2.4 2003/01/20 18:24:16 32 14.8 N 115 48.8 W 7.0 56 km (35 mi) SSW of Calexico, CA
9881545 2.0 2003/01/21 02:10:22 34 2.0 N 117 15.0 W 19.7 2 km ( 1 mi) S of Loma Linda, CA
9881557 2.1 2003/01/21 05:08:02 36 39.8 N 117 11.4 W 7.0 8 km ( 5 mi) NNW of Stovepipe Wells, CA
9881613 2.5 2003/01/21 09:07:21 36 10.9 N 118 1.3 W 5.6 11 km ( 7 mi) S of Olancha, CA
9881689 2.6 2003/01/21 18:29:41 34 0.2 N 116 45.8 W 22.2 9 km ( 6 mi) NNE of Cabazon, CA
FELT IN CABAZON AND PALM SPRINGS
9881745 2.1 2003/01/22 04:37:29 33 53.1 N 116 15.5 W 11.6 19 km (12 mi) NNW of Indio, CA
9881873 3.0 2003/01/22 12:28:22 33 53.7 N 118 33.0 W 13.6 12 km ( 7 mi) WSW of Los Angeles Airport, CA
FELT IN SANTA MONICA, VENICE, AND SURROUNDING BEACH COMMUNITIES
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January 22, 2003
Commentary
A quake was felt in the Santa Monica & Venice areas & other beach communities at 12:28 pm today (just after noon). It was a M3.0, which occurred offshore, 8 miles west-southwest of Los Angeles airport.
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Commentary
Upon further inspection, the Cabazon quake yesterday evening was M2.6. The real-time computer was apparently confused by the waves coming in from the Mexico earthquake. Our M2.6 quake occurred at 6:29 pm, 6 miles north-northeast of Cabazon. It was felt in Palm Springs.
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Commentary
Another quite small quake was felt by several people early this morning in the Santa Maria area. It was a M2.1 at 4:27 am, located 8 miles south of Santa Maria.