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Update time = Sat Nov 7 18:00:03 PST 2009
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

 1.5  2009/11/07 11:59:37 33.658N 118.195W  7.3   11 km ( 7 mi) ESE of Pt. Fermin, San Pedro, CA
 1.4  2009/11/07 02:26:49 34.146N 118.507W  8.7    2 km ( 1 mi) SSW of Encino, CA
 2.1  2009/11/07 01:42:41 34.235N 118.412W  8.7    4 km ( 2 mi) ENE of Panorama City, CA
 2.1  2009/11/06 02:12:20 34.040N 118.016W  1.1    3 km ( 2 mi) SSE of El Monte, CA
 1.7  2009/11/05 19:42:31 34.166N 118.266W  0.8    3 km ( 2 mi) NNW of Glendale, CA
 0.9  2009/11/04 20:01:44 34.536N 118.133W 10.8    5 km ( 3 mi) SSW of Palmdale, CA
 1.9  2009/11/03 13:29:33 34.380N 118.128W  8.0   18 km (11 mi) NNW of Mt. Wilson Observatory, CA
 1.6  2009/11/03 05:40:36 34.285N 118.689W 10.0    2 km ( 1 mi) ENE of Simi Valley, CA
 1.8  2009/11/02 12:31:47 34.923N 118.957W 21.5    3 km ( 2 mi) SW  of Grapevine, CA
 1.3  2009/11/02 12:31:46 34.927N 118.971W 20.1    4 km ( 3 mi) WSW of Grapevine, CA
 1.5  2009/10/31 21:00:34 33.869N 118.305W 15.2    5 km ( 3 mi) NNW of Carson, CA
 1.4  2009/10/31 20:54:34 33.863N 118.324W 16.5    5 km ( 3 mi) NE  of Torrance, 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)