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Update time = Sat May 9 1:00:20 PDT 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
2.1 2009/05/08 23:38:59 36.694N 121.327W 4.6 11 km ( 7 mi) S of Tres Pinos, CA 1.6 2009/05/08 22:41:57 36.623N 121.158W 7.6 10 km ( 6 mi) N of Pinnacles, CA 1.1 2009/05/08 12:22:50 37.431N 121.771W 10.2 9 km ( 5 mi) NE of Alum Rock, CA 1.3 2009/05/08 11:32:44 36.971N 121.569W 0.0 5 km ( 3 mi) SSE of Gilroy, CA 1.0 2009/05/08 08:11:40 37.320N 121.692W 4.9 13 km ( 8 mi) ESE of Alum Rock, CA 0.9 2009/05/07 06:20:54 37.298N 121.679W 1.5 14 km ( 9 mi) E of Seven Trees, CA 2.0 2009/05/07 05:51:12 36.606N 121.221W 7.9 11 km ( 7 mi) NW of Pinnacles, CA 1.0 2009/05/06 21:09:42 36.475N 121.053W 6.0 10 km ( 6 mi) SE of Pinnacles, CA 1.3 2009/05/06 18:15:52 36.716N 121.225W 7.9 12 km ( 7 mi) SE of Tres Pinos, CA 1.7 2009/05/06 11:11:05 37.323N 122.103W 0.0 5 km ( 3 mi) S of Los Altos, CA 0.8 2009/05/06 06:41:46 36.477N 121.061W 7.3 10 km ( 6 mi) SE of Pinnacles, CA 0.5 2009/05/06 06:31:54 37.411N 121.732W 4.8 10 km ( 6 mi) ENE of Alum Rock, CA 1.3 2009/05/06 02:04:10 37.109N 121.520W 5.8 7 km ( 5 mi) ENE of San Martin, CA 1.9 2009/05/05 19:57:26 37.642N 122.041W 3.9 3 km ( 2 mi) E of Hayward, CA 1.3 2009/05/05 17:22:19 36.332N 121.543W 13.0 22 km (13 mi) SSW of Gonzales, CA 3.3 2009/05/05 03:00:52 37.284N 121.658W 7.2 16 km (10 mi) E of Seven Trees, CA 1.0 2009/05/05 00:31:53 36.794N 121.088W 3.2 21 km (13 mi) E of Tres Pinos, CA 2.4 2009/05/04 23:46:45 37.861N 122.247W 11.1 3 km ( 2 mi) ESE of Berkeley, CA 0.8 2009/05/04 23:22:10 37.798N 122.207W 8.3 2 km ( 1 mi) E of Oakland, CA 2.3 2009/05/04 22:07:18 36.551N 121.140W 3.2 2 km ( 1 mi) N of Pinnacles, CA 0.4 2009/05/04 15:55:11 37.424N 121.780W 9.4 7 km ( 5 mi) NNE of Alum Rock, CA 0.6 2009/05/04 08:30:56 36.852N 121.583W 6.1 4 km ( 3 mi) W of San Juan Bautista, CA 1.0 2009/05/04 06:50:01 36.955N 121.714W 13.2 6 km ( 4 mi) NE of Watsonville, CA 0.8 2009/05/04 06:28:06 36.715N 121.344W 6.6 9 km ( 5 mi) SSW of Tres Pinos, CA 0.6 2009/05/04 01:19:00 36.664N 121.284W 4.8 14 km ( 9 mi) SSE of Tres Pinos, CA 0.6 2009/05/03 16:16:02 36.495N 121.011W 5.5 12 km ( 8 mi) ESE of Pinnacles, CA 1.3 2009/05/03 13:41:29 36.446N 121.016W 2.4 15 km ( 9 mi) SE of Pinnacles, CA 1.1 2009/05/03 12:54:20 36.954N 121.714W 12.4 6 km ( 4 mi) NE of Watsonville, CA 2.7 2009/05/03 12:33:03 36.855N 121.307W 7.2 7 km ( 5 mi) N of Tres Pinos, CA 0.6 2009/05/03 10:48:30 37.090N 121.516W 1.6 7 km ( 5 mi) E of San Martin, CA
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