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Update time = Fri Aug 29 0:00:05 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 2008/08/27 19:55:57 39.492N 120.272W 13.4 18 km (11 mi) NNW of Truckee, CA 1.3 2008/08/27 11:58:44 39.424N 120.128W 1.0 11 km ( 7 mi) NE of Truckee, CA 2.1 2008/08/26 22:50:25 39.463N 119.180W 10.8 11 km ( 7 mi) NNE of Silver Springs, NV 1.2 2008/08/26 16:32:08 39.550N 119.913W 8.0 5 km ( 3 mi) NE of Verdi-Mogul, NV 1.6 2008/08/26 13:04:00 39.518N 119.914W 6.2 4 km ( 2 mi) E of Verdi-Mogul, NV 0.7 2008/08/26 02:12:06 39.570N 119.939W 0.0 6 km ( 4 mi) NNE of Verdi-Mogul, NV 1.6 2008/08/25 22:51:35 39.549N 119.942W 6.7 4 km ( 3 mi) NNE of Verdi-Mogul, NV 0.9 2008/08/25 17:58:01 39.570N 119.939W 8.0 6 km ( 4 mi) NNE of Verdi-Mogul, NV 2.5 2008/08/25 10:34:57 39.543N 119.938W 6.2 4 km ( 2 mi) NNE of Verdi-Mogul, NV 1.4 2008/08/24 14:58:20 39.549N 119.965W 8.0 4 km ( 2 mi) N of Verdi-Mogul, NV 2.2 2008/08/24 08:58:09 38.725N 119.615W 2.2 16 km (10 mi) ENE of Markleeville, CA 1.0 2008/08/23 21:22:20 39.530N 119.912W 4.0 4 km ( 3 mi) ENE of Verdi-Mogul, NV 0.9 2008/08/23 18:51:38 39.530N 119.912W 8.0 4 km ( 3 mi) ENE of Verdi-Mogul, NV 1.1 2008/08/23 13:57:27 39.590N 119.888W 4.0 9 km ( 6 mi) NW of Reno, NV 2.6 2008/08/23 12:27:28 38.714N 119.633W 3.4 15 km ( 9 mi) E of Markleeville, CA
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