Magnitude 3.55 quake near Desert Center, CA

Last updated: 2018-03-26 17:50:56 UTC

Global view of quake

 

The Anza group at the University of California San Diego operates a broadband seismograph network consisting of 14 (+ 2) three component broadband seismograph stations centered near Anza, California (see map).

On Saturday, February 1st, 2003 at 17:26:47.292 we recorded a quake (preliminary ml 3.55) located near the city of Desert Center.

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Initial source parameters for the recent event are shown below. The epicentral distance (distance separating the epicenter and the closest station in the recording network) for Anza is 71 km (0.64 degrees).

This map shows the mainshock (red star). Anza network stations are blue triangles.

Global mecator event map
Latitude Longitude Origin time (UTC) Origin time (PST) Depth ml Author
33.90 -115.78 2/01/03 (032) 17:26 2/01/03 (032) 09:26 5 km 3.55* orbassoc

* The location and magnitude determined for this event are preliminary and are subject to change upon further review of seismic data.

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Of local interest:

We operate a broadband station on Mt. Soledad. At 09:26 (PST) station SOL recorded the P wave from this event. Here is a view of that event as picked by our analyst. The red P indicates a P wave arrival, the red S indicates an S wave arrival.

3 component seismometer recordings at Soledad

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URL: http://eqinfo.ucsd.edu/special_events/2003/032/a/index.php [Last updated: 2018-03-26 17:50:56 UTC]