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Earthquakes recorded for the last week (168 hours). Times are local (PST or PDT). The most recent earthquakes are at the top of the list. Click on the word "map" or "MAP" to see a map displaying the earthquake. Click on an event "DATE" to get additional text information. Magnitude 3 and greater earthquakes are printed in bold type. The top three magnitudes greater than or equal to 3 are in red. 

    MAG    DATE    LOCAL-TIME  LAT     LON    DEPTH    LOCATION
           y/m/d     h:m:s     deg     deg     km
   
MAP 3.0  2008/10/06 10:04:53 36.075N 119.890W 13.0   10 km ( 6 mi) NE  of Kettleman City, CA
MAP 3.1  2008/10/06 07:48:10 36.075N 119.886W 14.4   10 km ( 6 mi) NE  of Kettleman City, CA
MAP 3.2  2008/10/02 17:01:22 35.055N 119.113W 18.8   13 km ( 8 mi) W   of Mettler, CA
MAP 3.4  2008/10/02 15:55:09 37.308N 114.544W  0.0   28 km (17 mi) SE  of Helene, NV
MAP 4.1  2008/10/02 02:41:49 34.084N 116.968W 12.5   10 km ( 6 mi) NE  of Yucaipa, CA
MAP 3.0  2008/09/30 19:57:08 33.955N 118.385W 13.4    3 km ( 2 mi) WNW of Lennox, CA

Most recent earthquakes are at the top of this list.

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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)