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Update time = Sat Mar 20 15:00:04 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

 1.6  2010/03/20 14:02:32 36.137N 118.090W  7.6   16 km (10 mi) NW  of Coso Junction, CA
 2.7  2010/03/19 10:16:40 35.502N 118.254W  3.4   24 km (15 mi) SE  of town of Lake Isabella, CA
 1.6  2010/03/18 16:03:57 35.278N 118.576W  5.0   20 km (13 mi) NW  of Tehachapi, CA
 2.6  2010/03/18 10:34:29 35.069N 119.023W 15.4   10 km ( 6 mi) NW  of Wheeler Ridge, CA
 1.5  2010/03/18 10:09:31 35.511N 118.641W  6.9   21 km (13 mi) SW  of town of Lake Isabella, CA
 1.4  2010/03/18 08:37:50 35.277N 118.564W  5.1   20 km (12 mi) NNW of Tehachapi, CA
 1.5  2010/03/17 12:54:21 35.057N 118.347W  0.0   12 km ( 8 mi) SE  of Tehachapi, CA
 0.9  2010/03/16 14:30:27 35.023N 119.005W  5.5    6 km ( 4 mi) WNW of Wheeler Ridge, CA
 1.3  2010/03/15 05:09:24 35.480N 118.402W  5.6   18 km (11 mi) SSE of town of Lake Isabella, CA
 1.1  2010/03/15 01:43:11 35.774N 118.006W 13.1   31 km (19 mi) S   of Coso Junction, 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)