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Update time = Sun Mar 21 16:00:01 PDT 2010
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

 2.9  2010/03/21 15:27:08 33.740N 118.612W  0.5   18 km (11 mi) WSW of Palos Verdes Point, CA
 2.0  2010/03/20 23:09:25 33.922N 119.577W 11.7   13 km ( 8 mi) SSW of Santa Cruz Is., CA (E end)
 1.8  2010/03/19 09:47:18 34.819N 118.923W 14.0    2 km ( 1 mi) E   of Frazier Park, CA
 1.7  2010/03/18 20:57:09 34.107N 118.417W  9.9    3 km ( 2 mi) NW  of West Hollywood, CA
 0.6  2010/03/18 16:21:54 34.018N 118.475W 15.5    1 km ( 1 mi) E   of Santa Monica, CA
 1.0  2010/03/17 18:33:43 34.534N 118.129W 10.7    5 km ( 3 mi) SSW of Palmdale, CA
 1.1  2010/03/17 09:30:10 34.860N 118.783W  0.0   10 km ( 6 mi) NE  of Gorman, CA
 1.1  2010/03/16 13:21:08 34.794N 118.919W 16.1    4 km ( 2 mi) SE  of Frazier Park, CA
 4.4  2010/03/16 04:04:00 33.992N 118.082W 18.9    5 km ( 3 mi) SSW of Whittier Narrows Rec. Area, CA
 1.5  2010/03/14 21:53:09 34.062N 118.373W  7.0    3 km ( 2 mi) ESE of Beverly Hills, 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)