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Update time = Mon May 21 0:00:02 PDT 2012
Here are the earthquakes appearing on this map, most recent at top ...

 MAG    DATE    LOCAL-TIME  LAT     LON    DEPTH    LOCATION
        y/m/d     h:m:s     deg     deg     km

 1.3  2012/05/20 17:37:53 33.163N 115.639W  3.1    1 km ( 1 mi) SSW of Obsidian Butte, CA
 1.2  2012/05/20 17:29:51 33.158N 115.654W  0.1    2 km ( 1 mi) SW  of Obsidian Butte, CA
 1.4  2012/05/20 17:29:06 33.178N 115.642W  2.7    1 km ( 1 mi) NNW of Obsidian Butte, CA
 1.7  2012/05/20 17:01:07 33.500N 115.832W  7.0   10 km ( 6 mi) ESE of North Shore, CA
 2.5  2012/05/20 15:52:15 33.187N 115.615W  0.1    3 km ( 2 mi) NE  of Obsidian Butte, CA
 1.4  2012/05/19 19:19:43 33.280N 115.986W  5.3    2 km ( 1 mi) W   of Salton City, CA
 0.6  2012/05/18 08:32:11 33.168N 115.618W  3.0    2 km ( 1 mi) E   of Obsidian Butte, CA
 1.8  2012/05/18 07:17:39 33.187N 115.633W  7.0    2 km ( 1 mi) N   of Obsidian Butte, CA
 0.2  2012/05/18 02:21:16 33.191N 115.657W  4.8    3 km ( 2 mi) NW  of Obsidian Butte, CA
 0.8  2012/05/18 00:48:09 33.175N 115.615W  2.5    2 km ( 1 mi) ENE of Obsidian Butte, CA
 0.4  2012/05/18 00:44:10 33.163N 115.626W  3.0    1 km ( 1 mi) SE  of Obsidian Butte, CA
 0.5  2012/05/18 00:43:49 33.188N 115.602W  0.1    4 km ( 2 mi) ENE of Obsidian Butte, CA
 0.9  2012/05/18 00:08:28 33.176N 115.611W  1.5    2 km ( 2 mi) ENE of Obsidian Butte, CA
 0.6  2012/05/18 00:03:08 33.181N 115.609W  2.8    3 km ( 2 mi) ENE of Obsidian Butte, CA
 1.5  2012/05/18 00:00:44 33.174N 115.611W  0.7    2 km ( 2 mi) E   of Obsidian Butte, CA
 0.6  2012/05/17 22:02:34 33.174N 115.618W  4.1    2 km ( 1 mi) ENE of Obsidian Butte, CA
 0.6  2012/05/17 21:25:28 33.191N 115.628W  4.4    3 km ( 2 mi) NNE of Obsidian Butte, CA
 0.6  2012/05/17 20:17:06 33.172N 115.616W  5.6    2 km ( 1 mi) E   of Obsidian Butte, CA
 0.9  2012/05/17 19:14:20 33.178N 115.624W  2.6    2 km ( 1 mi) NE  of Obsidian Butte, CA
 0.8  2012/05/17 03:16:33 33.183N 115.616W  2.6    2 km ( 1 mi) NE  of Obsidian Butte, CA
 0.5  2012/05/14 15:57:12 33.085N 115.653W  0.1    6 km ( 4 mi) NNW of Westmorland, CA
 1.8  2012/05/14 14:15:23 33.061N 114.987W  0.0   50 km (31 mi) E   of Calipatria, CA
 1.1  2012/05/14 13:31:54 33.209N 115.694W  2.2    7 km ( 4 mi) NW  of Obsidian Butte, CA
 0.7  2012/05/14 03:52:54 33.194N 115.621W  2.6    3 km ( 2 mi) NNE of Obsidian Butte, CA

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Data Sources

Northern California - USGS = U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park
Northern California - UCB = University of California, Berkeley
Southern California - USGS = U.S. Geological Survey, Pasadena
Southern California - Caltech = California Institute of Technology
Southern California - UCSD = University of California, San Diego
Nevada - UNR = University of Nevada, Reno
US and World - USGS/NEIC = National Earthquake Information Center
Offshore = West Coast & Alaska Tsunami Warning Center
...all members of the Advanced National Seismic System (ANSS)