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Update time = Mon May 12 4:00:04 PDT 2008
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

 1.0  2008/05/11 21:35:50 36.034N 120.626W  1.9   23 km (14 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
 1.3  2008/05/11 20:41:58 35.521N 120.801W 10.4    9 km ( 6 mi) WSW of Templeton, CA
 1.8  2008/05/11 16:00:50 35.501N 120.782W  3.0    9 km ( 5 mi) SW  of Templeton, CA
 1.4  2008/05/11 12:25:09 35.488N 120.799W 10.5   10 km ( 6 mi) ENE of Cayucos, CA
 2.5  2008/05/11 10:13:16 35.498N 120.782W  3.2    9 km ( 6 mi) SW  of Templeton, CA
 1.0  2008/05/10 21:42:24 35.658N 120.257W 17.8   31 km (19 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
 1.1  2008/05/10 18:19:30 35.488N 120.812W 12.8    9 km ( 5 mi) NE  of Cayucos, CA
 2.0  2008/05/10 15:41:25 35.476N 119.317W 25.9   31 km (19 mi) WNW of Bakersfield, CA
 2.3  2008/05/10 08:42:29 36.242N 120.805W  7.0   23 km (14 mi) SSW of New Idria, CA
 2.1  2008/05/10 03:11:21 36.172N 120.765W  0.7   21 km (13 mi) NE  of San Ardo, CA
 1.7  2008/05/10 02:08:10 36.424N 120.892W 18.8   20 km (12 mi) W   of New Idria, CA
 2.5  2008/05/09 17:01:19 36.013N 120.574W  4.2   18 km (11 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
 0.7  2008/05/09 15:45:08 36.008N 120.586W  3.4   18 km (11 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
 0.5  2008/05/08 07:25:04 35.909N 120.480W  4.4    4 km ( 3 mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
 0.9  2008/05/08 01:52:29 36.029N 120.615W  0.3   22 km (14 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
 1.5  2008/05/07 19:21:39 35.965N 120.538W  7.0   12 km ( 7 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
 1.4  2008/05/07 17:54:22 36.042N 120.644W  1.8   23 km (15 mi) E   of San Ardo, CA
 1.9  2008/05/07 14:07:17 36.264N 120.841W  8.4   23 km (14 mi) SW  of New Idria, CA
 2.0  2008/05/07 07:55:23 36.040N 120.591W  5.2   21 km (13 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
 1.1  2008/05/06 23:48:41 35.878N 120.424W  9.8    3 km ( 2 mi) SSE of Parkfield, CA
 1.7  2008/05/06 23:11:55 35.593N 120.934W  9.5   14 km ( 8 mi) ENE of Cambria, CA
 1.3  2008/05/06 10:14:21 35.551N 120.835W  4.0   12 km ( 7 mi) W   of Templeton, CA
 1.4  2008/05/05 12:48:31 36.028N 120.611W  0.0   21 km (13 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
 1.6  2008/05/05 10:35:10 35.574N 120.762W  0.9    6 km ( 4 mi) WNW of Templeton, CA
 2.5  2008/05/05 08:23:36 35.696N 120.241W 10.4   28 km (18 mi) SE  of Parkfield, CA
 0.8  2008/05/05 06:18:00 35.989N 120.553W  3.3   15 km ( 9 mi) NW  of Parkfield, 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)