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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

 1.3  2008/05/11 07:20:15 36.614N 121.078W 10.2   11 km ( 7 mi) NNE of Pinnacles, CA
 0.8  2008/05/10 23:23:53 36.714N 121.363W  4.1    9 km ( 6 mi) SSW of Tres Pinos, CA
 0.9  2008/05/09 01:13:30 36.856N 121.322W  6.0    7 km ( 4 mi) E   of Hollister, CA
 1.5  2008/05/08 15:24:58 36.864N 121.577W  6.6    4 km ( 3 mi) WNW of San Juan Bautista, CA
 1.5  2008/05/08 08:15:40 36.747N 121.406W  8.3    9 km ( 6 mi) WSW of Tres Pinos, CA
 1.3  2008/05/08 02:21:21 36.520N 121.109W  5.2    3 km ( 2 mi) ESE of Pinnacles, CA
 1.6  2008/05/07 14:32:22 36.465N 121.044W  6.3   12 km ( 7 mi) SE  of Pinnacles, CA
 2.2  2008/05/06 22:47:37 35.713N 121.078W  9.0   13 km ( 8 mi) NE  of San Simeon, CA
 0.8  2008/05/06 21:30:31 36.629N 121.108W 10.4   11 km ( 7 mi) NNE of Pinnacles, CA
 1.3  2008/05/06 05:37:01 36.781N 121.298W  5.6    2 km ( 1 mi) ESE of Tres Pinos, CA
 1.1  2008/05/05 11:19:44 36.930N 121.684W  9.1    7 km ( 4 mi) ENE of Watsonville, CA
 1.4  2008/05/05 08:40:08 36.848N 121.432W  5.8    3 km ( 2 mi) WSW of Hollister, 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)