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Update time = Sat Oct 11 23:00:01 PDT 2008
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
1.7 2008/10/11 13:46:14 35.855N 121.224W 2.7 24 km (15 mi) N of San Simeon, CA 2.3 2008/10/11 06:03:24 36.588N 121.183W 3.4 7 km ( 4 mi) NNW of Pinnacles, CA 2.3 2008/10/10 23:02:16 36.477N 121.058W 7.5 10 km ( 6 mi) SE of Pinnacles, CA 1.0 2008/10/10 19:43:26 36.948N 121.379W 9.2 11 km ( 7 mi) N of Hollister, CA 1.6 2008/10/10 15:46:46 36.683N 121.316W 6.3 12 km ( 7 mi) S of Tres Pinos, CA 1.5 2008/10/08 21:46:39 35.667N 121.102W 7.3 8 km ( 5 mi) ENE of San Simeon, CA 1.3 2008/10/08 19:49:48 36.929N 121.658W 9.2 9 km ( 6 mi) ENE of Watsonville, CA 1.7 2008/10/08 14:06:11 36.834N 121.565W 3.3 3 km ( 2 mi) WSW of San Juan Bautista, CA 1.0 2008/10/08 08:57:46 36.760N 121.280W 5.7 5 km ( 3 mi) SE of Tres Pinos, CA 1.7 2008/10/08 00:20:18 35.727N 121.053W 5.1 16 km (10 mi) NE of San Simeon, CA 1.2 2008/10/07 13:13:07 36.633N 121.253W 6.8 15 km ( 9 mi) NW of Pinnacles, CA 1.4 2008/10/07 11:35:59 35.727N 121.066W 9.0 15 km ( 9 mi) NE of San Simeon, CA 1.2Q 2008/10/07 10:59:07 36.756N 121.574W 0.0 2 km ( 1 mi) ENE of Quarry near Natividad, CA (Probable quarry explosion) 0.7 2008/10/07 02:52:01 36.835N 121.609W 9.7 7 km ( 4 mi) W of San Juan Bautista, CA 1.9 2008/10/06 23:20:33 36.474N 121.055W 6.5 10 km ( 6 mi) SE of Pinnacles, CA 1.7 2008/10/06 17:36:00 36.717N 121.180W 2.1 15 km ( 9 mi) ESE of Tres Pinos, CA 2.0 2008/10/06 15:22:46 36.718N 121.177W 1.9 15 km ( 9 mi) ESE of Tres Pinos, CA 2.5 2008/10/06 13:22:32 36.722N 121.180W 8.6 15 km ( 9 mi) ESE of Tres Pinos, CA 2.5 2008/10/06 06:02:33 36.532N 121.115W 8.8 3 km ( 2 mi) E of Pinnacles, CA 2.6 2008/10/06 05:33:19 36.532N 121.114W 9.1 3 km ( 2 mi) E of Pinnacles, CA 2.7 2008/10/05 22:23:47 36.841N 121.574W 6.0 3 km ( 2 mi) W of San Juan Bautista, CA 1.3 2008/10/05 20:19:53 36.533N 121.116W 8.4 2 km ( 2 mi) E of Pinnacles, CA 2.8 2008/10/05 19:59:11 36.843N 121.573W 5.5 3 km ( 2 mi) W of San Juan Bautista, CA 2.1 2008/10/05 19:44:56 36.532N 121.112W 9.1 3 km ( 2 mi) E of Pinnacles, CA 1.4 2008/10/05 18:29:47 35.673N 121.111W 6.9 8 km ( 5 mi) ENE of San Simeon, CA 0.9 2008/10/05 18:02:06 36.625N 121.212W 7.4 12 km ( 7 mi) NNW of Pinnacles, CA 1.9 2008/10/05 08:23:09 36.637N 121.167W 4.6 12 km ( 7 mi) N of Pinnacles, CA 1.6 2008/10/05 06:56:59 36.641N 121.162W 6.2 12 km ( 8 mi) N of Pinnacles, CA 1.3 2008/10/05 05:40:58 36.845N 121.578W 5.2 4 km ( 2 mi) W of San Juan Bautista, CA 1.9 2008/10/05 04:50:41 36.847N 121.573W 5.4 3 km ( 2 mi) W of San Juan Bautista, CA
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U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park
Northern California - UCB =
University of California, Berkeley
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U.S. Geological Survey, Pasadena
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California Institute of Technology
Southern California - UCSD =
University of California, San Diego
Nevada - UNR =
University of Nevada, Reno
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National Earthquake Information Center
Offshore =
West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
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