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Update time = Wed Aug 27 18:00:01 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

 1.7  2008/08/27 10:30:13 35.999N 120.879W 10.5    3 km ( 2 mi) SE  of San Ardo, CA
 1.4  2008/08/27 09:27:05 35.992N 120.562W  4.6   16 km (10 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
 1.2  2008/08/26 15:12:42 35.919N 120.483W  4.1    5 km ( 3 mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
 1.1  2008/08/25 09:21:43 35.855N 120.426W  0.0    5 km ( 3 mi) S   of Parkfield, CA
 1.4  2008/08/24 18:12:36 35.552N 120.831W 12.7   11 km ( 7 mi) W   of Templeton, CA
 1.3  2008/08/23 13:30:26 35.753N 121.284W 10.4   15 km ( 9 mi) NW  of San Simeon, CA
 1.9  2008/08/22 13:28:09 35.950N 120.510W 10.8    9 km ( 6 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
 0.5  2008/08/22 06:02:05 35.948N 120.539W  9.8   11 km ( 7 mi) WNW of Parkfield, CA
 1.3  2008/08/22 03:40:07 35.697N 121.143W  6.4    7 km ( 5 mi) NE  of San Simeon, CA
 1.1  2008/08/21 07:48:12 35.649N 121.028W  6.2   12 km ( 7 mi) NNE of Cambria, CA
 2.1  2008/08/21 04:38:52 35.624N 120.803W  6.3   11 km ( 7 mi) W   of Paso Robles, CA
 2.3  2008/08/20 23:57:25 35.976N 120.536W 11.2   13 km ( 8 mi) NW  of Parkfield, CA
 0.7  2008/08/20 19:47:30 35.889N 120.476W  4.3    4 km ( 3 mi) WSW 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)