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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

 1.6Q 2008/08/27 10:04:37 37.325N 122.106W  0.0    5 km ( 3 mi) S   of Los Altos, CA(Probable quarry explosion)
 1.9  2008/08/27 08:01:40 36.864N 122.194W  7.9   19 km (12 mi) SW  of Santa Cruz, CA
 1.8  2008/08/25 11:48:05 37.550N 122.426W 10.6    6 km ( 4 mi) SSW of Millbrae, CA
 1.5Q 2008/08/25 11:30:34 37.988N 122.452W  0.2    6 km ( 4 mi) ESE of Santa Venetia, CA(Probable quarry explosion)
 1.5  2008/08/25 04:33:48 37.636N 122.055W  0.1    2 km ( 1 mi) ESE of Hayward, CA
 1.7  2008/08/24 13:54:32 37.174N 122.382W 15.8   23 km (15 mi) WNW of Boulder Creek, CA
 2.0  2008/08/23 01:46:44 37.763N 122.052W 15.4    7 km ( 4 mi) NNE of Castro Valley, CA
 1.5Q 2008/08/22 10:55:05 37.322N 122.109W  0.0    1 km ( 0 mi) SW  of Quarry near Cupertino, CA(Probable quarry explosion)

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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)