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Update time = Sat Nov 7 13:00:01 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

 1.0  2009/11/05 20:50:49 37.211N 122.123W 10.5    9 km ( 6 mi) N   of Boulder Creek, CA
 0.6  2009/11/05 18:17:29 37.216N 122.118W 10.8   10 km ( 6 mi) N   of Boulder Creek, CA
 2.4  2009/11/05 18:13:42 37.212N 122.123W 13.1   10 km ( 6 mi) N   of Boulder Creek, CA
 2.2  2009/11/05 18:11:14 37.215N 122.123W 12.8   10 km ( 6 mi) N   of Boulder Creek, CA
 1.5  2009/11/05 12:40:23 37.325N 122.106W  0.0    7 km ( 4 mi) W   of Cupertino, CA
 1.5  2009/11/03 11:31:06 37.985N 122.457W  0.0    7 km ( 4 mi) E   of San Rafael, CA
 0.6  2009/11/03 10:57:53 37.342N 122.145W  5.9    6 km ( 3 mi) SSW of Los Altos, CA
 0.8  2009/11/02 08:31:48 37.958N 122.057W 12.4    1 km ( 1 mi) NNE of Pleasant Hill, CA
 1.5  2009/11/02 02:22:59 37.604N 122.460W  8.1    2 km ( 2 mi) ESE of Pacifica, CA
 0.7  2009/11/02 00:02:57 37.606N 122.463W  9.4    2 km ( 1 mi) ESE of Pacifica, CA
 0.5  2009/11/01 06:05:27 37.635N 122.476W  7.7    3 km ( 2 mi) NNE of Pacifica, 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)