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Update time = Sun Nov 22 5:00:04 PST 2009
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

 1.2  2009/11/20 07:50:08 35.751N 118.261W 11.1   23 km (14 mi) NE  of town of Lake Isabella, CA
 1.4  2009/11/20 03:56:35 34.329N 118.803W 15.2    9 km ( 5 mi) NE  of Moorpark, CA
 1.4  2009/11/20 02:25:21 34.297N 118.680W 12.2    3 km ( 2 mi) NE  of Simi Valley, CA
 1.4  2009/11/19 11:59:10 35.446N 119.386W 20.7   34 km (21 mi) N   of Taft, CA
 1.2  2009/11/19 08:15:35 35.374N 118.610W  5.7   27 km (17 mi) NE  of Arvin, CA
 1.7  2009/11/19 00:40:48 34.764N 118.864W 15.2    4 km ( 2 mi) SSW of Gorman, CA
 0.7  2009/11/18 18:15:16 35.659N 118.405W  5.5    6 km ( 4 mi) ENE of town of Lake Isabella, CA
 1.1  2009/11/18 02:49:13 35.492N 118.400W  5.6   17 km (11 mi) SSE of town of Lake Isabella, CA
 2.0  2009/11/17 14:47:05 34.346N 119.526W  6.0    6 km ( 3 mi) S   of Carpinteria, CA
 1.2  2009/11/16 21:46:55 34.844N 118.867W  4.8    5 km ( 3 mi) NNW of Gorman, CA
 1.5  2009/11/16 20:16:33 35.098N 118.299W  9.0   13 km ( 8 mi) WNW of Mojave, CA
 1.9  2009/11/16 18:49:13 35.947N 119.774W 23.1   18 km (11 mi) ESE of Kettleman City, CA
 1.0  2009/11/16 00:38:46 34.922N 119.046W 15.9   11 km ( 7 mi) WSW of Grapevine, CA

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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)