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Update time = Mon Nov 23 16:00:00 PST 2009
Here are the 30 most recent earthquakes and all M>3 earthquakes on this map...
MAG DATE LOCAL-TIME LAT LON DEPTH LOCATION
y/m/d h:m:s deg deg km
1.4 2009/11/23 15:45:40 36.227N 120.787W 5.4 23 km (15 mi) SSW of New Idria, CA 1.9 2009/11/23 15:09:37 36.651N 121.270W 5.1 16 km (10 mi) SSE of Tres Pinos, CA 1.2 2009/11/23 14:48:00 37.370N 121.728W 8.2 15 km ( 9 mi) ENE of San Jose City Hall, CA 1.8 2009/11/23 12:00:53 36.086N 120.219W 8.9 12 km ( 8 mi) NW of Avenal, CA 1.8 2009/11/23 12:00:41 36.894N 121.641W 2.1 10 km ( 6 mi) E of Watsonville, CA 1.5 2009/11/23 06:47:50 36.649N 121.267W 4.9 16 km (10 mi) SSE of Tres Pinos, CA 1.9 2009/11/23 01:21:10 36.651N 121.269W 5.2 16 km (10 mi) SSE of Tres Pinos, CA 2.6 2009/11/22 22:39:26 36.651N 121.269W 5.1 16 km (10 mi) SSE of Tres Pinos, CA 1.6 2009/11/22 15:59:49 37.456N 121.770W 6.4 12 km ( 8 mi) ENE of Milpitas, CA 1.1 2009/11/22 14:40:56 36.630N 121.120W 4.9 11 km ( 7 mi) N of Pinnacles, CA 1.3 2009/11/22 10:35:34 36.060N 120.713W 0.0 18 km (11 mi) ENE of San Ardo, CA 1.2 2009/11/22 04:42:54 37.530N 121.856W 0.2 12 km ( 7 mi) E of Fremont, CA 1.8 2009/11/21 18:09:15 36.547N 121.140W 6.1 2 km ( 1 mi) N of Pinnacles, CA 2.2 2009/11/21 16:05:21 36.531N 121.116W 8.9 2 km ( 2 mi) E of Pinnacles, CA 1.2 2009/11/21 04:52:13 36.732N 121.335W 4.7 7 km ( 4 mi) S of Tres Pinos, CA 2.0 2009/11/20 22:25:31 36.972N 121.433W 5.8 12 km ( 8 mi) ESE of Gilroy, CA 1.0 2009/11/20 21:57:47 37.166N 121.598W 3.4 6 km ( 4 mi) NE of Morgan Hill, CA 1.3 2009/11/20 15:12:56 36.712N 121.176W 3.3 16 km (10 mi) SE of Tres Pinos, CA 1.4 2009/11/20 11:28:31 36.753N 121.598W 0.0 7 km ( 4 mi) ESE of Prunedale, CA 1.0 2009/11/20 09:48:44 36.500N 121.082W 4.3 7 km ( 4 mi) ESE of Pinnacles, CA 1.6 2009/11/20 06:47:16 37.414N 121.447W 3.6 29 km (18 mi) WSW of Patterson, CA 1.1 2009/11/20 01:32:57 37.448N 121.769W 6.8 12 km ( 8 mi) E of Milpitas, CA 1.0 2009/11/20 00:45:30 37.790N 121.783W 10.8 12 km ( 8 mi) N of Livermore, CA 1.3 2009/11/20 00:09:50 37.782N 121.797W 9.9 11 km ( 7 mi) NNW of Livermore, CA 0.6 2009/11/19 23:11:39 37.420N 121.750W 4.7 14 km ( 9 mi) E of Milpitas, CA 1.1 2009/11/19 22:34:54 36.556N 121.155W 7.7 3 km ( 2 mi) NNW of Pinnacles, CA 0.9 2009/11/19 15:39:16 37.108N 121.528W 2.9 8 km ( 5 mi) ENE of San Martin, CA 0.6 2009/11/19 06:13:45 36.054N 120.617W 7.6 24 km (15 mi) NW of Parkfield, CA 1.1 2009/11/19 03:36:02 37.439N 121.781W 8.8 11 km ( 7 mi) E of Milpitas, CA 0.7 2009/11/19 02:57:33 36.672N 121.296W 4.4 13 km ( 8 mi) S of Tres Pinos, CA
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