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Update time = Thu Nov 6 9:38:37 PST 2008
Here are the 30 most recent earthquakes and all M>3 earthquakes on this map...
MAG DATE LOCAL-TIME LAT LON DEPTH LOCATION
y/m/d h:m:s deg deg km
1.1 2008/11/06 08:10:13 37.376N 122.264W 7.6 4 km ( 2 mi) W of Portola Valley, CA 1.6 2008/11/06 07:34:53 37.371N 122.268W 7.9 4 km ( 3 mi) W of Portola Valley, CA 2.6 2008/11/06 07:33:17 37.375N 122.263W 8.7 4 km ( 2 mi) W of Portola Valley, CA 0.4 2008/11/06 06:36:58 38.789N 122.748W 2.2 5 km ( 3 mi) WNW of Anderson Springs, CA 0.7 2008/11/06 06:15:08 38.767N 122.713W 3.3 2 km ( 1 mi) WSW of Anderson Springs, CA 0.9 2008/11/06 05:34:23 38.834N 122.803W 3.0 4 km ( 2 mi) N of The Geysers, CA 2.1 2008/11/06 04:47:34 38.554N 122.285W 3.6 14 km ( 9 mi) E of Angwin, CA 1.4 2008/11/06 04:38:18 38.786N 122.737W 2.0 4 km ( 3 mi) WNW of Anderson Springs, CA 1.5 2008/11/06 04:34:11 38.837N 122.774W 2.6 4 km ( 3 mi) W of Cobb, CA 1.2 2008/11/06 03:15:33 38.853N 122.845W 4.3 7 km ( 4 mi) NNW of The Geysers, CA 1.2 2008/11/06 01:57:41 38.824N 122.827W 2.4 3 km ( 2 mi) NNW of The Geysers, CA 1.4 2008/11/06 01:40:58 37.365N 122.266W 5.8 4 km ( 3 mi) WSW of Portola Valley, CA 1.0 2008/11/06 00:17:12 38.848N 122.830W 1.0 6 km ( 4 mi) NNW of The Geysers, CA 0.8 2008/11/06 00:08:47 38.804N 122.748W 0.9 4 km ( 3 mi) SSW of Cobb, CA 0.7 2008/11/05 23:41:36 38.785N 122.750W 2.7 5 km ( 3 mi) WNW of Anderson Springs, CA 0.5 2008/11/05 22:22:09 38.797N 122.802W 3.5 0 km ( 0 mi) ESE of The Geysers, CA 1.7 2008/11/05 22:01:56 38.839N 122.828W 2.3 5 km ( 3 mi) NNW of The Geysers, CA 0.9 2008/11/05 19:55:07 38.787N 122.738W 2.4 4 km ( 3 mi) WNW of Anderson Springs, CA 2.2 2008/11/05 19:50:30 38.774N 122.721W 2.2 3 km ( 2 mi) W of Anderson Springs, CA 1.5 2008/11/05 19:08:17 38.794N 122.758W 2.1 4 km ( 3 mi) E of The Geysers, CA 0.5 2008/11/05 16:34:44 38.795N 122.758W 2.7 4 km ( 3 mi) E of The Geysers, CA 0.6 2008/11/05 15:57:08 38.837N 122.842W 1.0 5 km ( 3 mi) NW of The Geysers, CA 1.5 2008/11/05 15:28:43 37.575N 122.416W 6.0 3 km ( 2 mi) SSW of Millbrae, CA 0.9 2008/11/05 14:39:31 38.815N 122.826W 2.5 3 km ( 2 mi) NW of The Geysers, CA 1.1 2008/11/05 14:06:05 38.817N 122.830W 2.8 3 km ( 2 mi) NW of The Geysers, CA 1.0 2008/11/05 13:33:02 38.849N 122.820W 3.8 6 km ( 4 mi) NNW of The Geysers, CA 1.8 2008/11/05 11:17:18 38.469N 122.210W 1.7 15 km ( 9 mi) ENE of Yountville, CA 1.0 2008/11/05 11:15:52 38.803N 122.767W 1.7 3 km ( 2 mi) E of The Geysers, CA 1.7Q 2008/11/05 10:56:02 37.324N 122.103W 0.0 5 km ( 3 mi) S of Los Altos, CA(Probable quarry explosion) 0.5 2008/11/05 10:10:42 38.770N 122.716W 1.6 2 km ( 1 mi) WSW of Anderson Springs, CA
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