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Update time = Fri Nov 20 17:00:02 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

 1.2  2009/11/20 07:50:08 35.751N 118.261W 11.1   23 km (14 mi) NE  of town of Lake Isabella, CA
 1.4  2009/11/19 11:59:10 35.446N 119.386W 20.7   34 km (21 mi) N   of Taft, CA
 1.2  2009/11/19 08:15:35 35.374N 118.610W  5.7   27 km (17 mi) NE  of Arvin, CA
 0.7  2009/11/18 18:15:16 35.659N 118.405W  5.5    6 km ( 4 mi) ENE of town of Lake Isabella, CA
 1.1  2009/11/18 02:49:13 35.492N 118.400W  5.6   17 km (11 mi) SSE of town of Lake Isabella, CA
 1.5  2009/11/16 20:16:33 35.098N 118.299W  9.0   13 km ( 8 mi) WNW of Mojave, CA
 1.9  2009/11/16 18:49:13 35.947N 119.774W 23.1   18 km (11 mi) ESE of Kettleman City, CA
 1.1  2009/11/14 22:07:40 36.157N 118.082W  6.1   15 km (10 mi) SSW of Olancha, CA
 1.1  2009/11/14 02:27:57 36.160N 118.050W  5.8   14 km ( 9 mi) SSW of Olancha, CA
 1.1  2009/11/14 00:17:52 36.153N 118.056W  5.5   15 km ( 9 mi) SSW of Olancha, CA
 1.5  2009/11/14 00:16:46 36.162N 118.054W  3.8   14 km ( 9 mi) SSW of Olancha, CA
 1.8  2009/11/13 23:40:42 36.157N 118.052W  2.9   14 km ( 9 mi) SSW of Olancha, CA
 1.1  2009/11/13 22:20:53 36.156N 118.055W  3.6   15 km ( 9 mi) SSW of Olancha, 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)