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Update time = Fri Sep 3 13:00:08 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

 2.2  2010/09/03 12:47:09 35.933N 120.490W  5.5    6 km ( 4 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
 1.4  2010/09/02 14:34:52 35.695N 120.791W  2.5   11 km ( 7 mi) SW  of San Miguel, CA
 1.7  2010/09/01 22:13:18 34.843N 120.513W  2.2   14 km ( 9 mi) SSW of Santa Maria, CA
 2.1  2010/09/01 01:56:06 35.997N 120.557W 10.8   16 km (10 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
 2.2  2010/08/31 21:46:16 35.538N 120.761W  1.6    5 km ( 3 mi) WSW of Templeton, CA
 1.4  2010/08/31 06:20:23 35.450N 120.773W  8.6   10 km ( 6 mi) WSW of Atascadero, CA
 2.9  2010/08/31 01:22:29 34.225N 119.517W 11.8   19 km (12 mi) S   of Carpinteria, CA
 1.5  2010/08/30 10:45:02 35.484N 120.796W 12.7   10 km ( 6 mi) ENE of Cayucos, CA
 1.9  2010/08/29 22:46:19 35.988N 119.896W 23.8    6 km ( 4 mi) ESE of Kettleman City, CA
 0.7  2010/08/29 19:07:28 35.977N 120.609W  3.1   18 km (11 mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
 0.8  2010/08/28 14:09:02 35.992N 120.911W  6.7    3 km ( 2 mi) SSW of San Ardo, CA
 0.8  2010/08/27 22:55:39 35.985N 120.895W  7.7    4 km ( 2 mi) S   of San Ardo, CA
 1.6  2010/08/27 20:49:24 35.897N 119.903W 11.3   13 km ( 8 mi) SSE of Kettleman City, 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)