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Update time = Thu Jan 8 19:04:15 PST 2009
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
0.5 2009/01/08 19:02:41 38.747N 122.715W 2.6 4 km ( 2 mi) SSW of Anderson Springs, CA 1.0 2009/01/08 16:48:12 38.841N 122.828W 1.6 5 km ( 3 mi) NNW of The Geysers, CA 1.2 2009/01/08 14:49:11 38.786N 122.737W 2.1 4 km ( 3 mi) WNW of Anderson Springs, CA 1.0 2009/01/08 14:26:50 38.808N 122.809W 2.0 1 km ( 1 mi) N of The Geysers, CA 0.9 2009/01/08 14:04:38 38.846N 122.827W 1.8 6 km ( 3 mi) NNW of The Geysers, CA 0.9 2009/01/08 12:30:10 38.836N 122.834W 2.1 5 km ( 3 mi) NNW of The Geysers, CA 1.0 2009/01/08 11:39:18 38.843N 122.829W 1.9 5 km ( 3 mi) NNW of The Geysers, CA 0.8 2009/01/08 09:34:09 38.826N 122.808W 1.2 3 km ( 2 mi) N of The Geysers, CA 0.8 2009/01/08 08:39:01 38.821N 122.808W 3.7 2 km ( 2 mi) N of The Geysers, CA 1.3 2009/01/08 07:16:13 38.836N 122.832W 2.4 5 km ( 3 mi) NNW of The Geysers, CA 0.9 2009/01/08 05:54:25 38.802N 122.829W 3.1 2 km ( 1 mi) WNW of The Geysers, CA 1.3 2009/01/08 05:27:01 38.786N 122.737W 2.3 4 km ( 3 mi) WNW of Anderson Springs, CA 0.8 2009/01/08 04:48:11 38.824N 122.811W 2.2 3 km ( 2 mi) N of The Geysers, CA 0.5 2009/01/08 03:54:47 38.785N 122.746W 2.9 5 km ( 3 mi) WNW of Anderson Springs, CA 0.6 2009/01/08 02:49:06 38.816N 122.792W 1.9 2 km ( 1 mi) NE of The Geysers, CA 0.9 2009/01/08 02:23:30 38.838N 122.773W 2.5 4 km ( 3 mi) W of Cobb, CA 0.9 2009/01/08 00:25:02 38.817N 122.796W 1.7 2 km ( 1 mi) NNE of The Geysers, CA 1.4 2009/01/07 22:43:00 38.834N 122.802W 2.3 4 km ( 2 mi) N of The Geysers, CA 1.8 2009/01/07 22:23:37 38.775N 122.730W 1.5 3 km ( 2 mi) W of Anderson Springs, CA 1.2 2009/01/07 21:49:34 38.836N 122.796W 2.6 4 km ( 3 mi) NNE of The Geysers, CA 0.4 2009/01/07 20:55:31 38.806N 122.809W 2.1 1 km ( 1 mi) N of The Geysers, CA 1.4 2009/01/07 20:05:01 38.832N 122.811W 2.5 4 km ( 2 mi) N of The Geysers, CA 1.6 2009/01/07 19:42:44 38.832N 122.809W 2.5 4 km ( 2 mi) N of The Geysers, CA 1.2 2009/01/07 19:41:51 38.790N 122.759W 2.3 4 km ( 3 mi) ESE of The Geysers, CA 1.5 2009/01/07 17:14:14 38.793N 122.808W 3.7 1 km ( 0 mi) S of The Geysers, CA 1.2 2009/01/07 16:49:59 38.844N 122.824W 2.2 5 km ( 3 mi) NNW of The Geysers, CA 0.6 2009/01/07 15:34:37 38.785N 122.746W 1.7 5 km ( 3 mi) WNW of Anderson Springs, CA 1.0 2009/01/07 15:31:39 38.842N 122.828W 1.7 5 km ( 3 mi) NNW of The Geysers, CA 0.9 2009/01/07 14:53:13 38.792N 122.762W 2.4 4 km ( 2 mi) E of The Geysers, CA 1.0 2009/01/07 14:07:10 38.843N 122.826W 1.9 5 km ( 3 mi) NNW of The Geysers, CA 4.2 2009/01/04 09:27:10 38.783N 122.772W 4.3 3 km ( 2 mi) ESE of The Geysers, CA
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