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Update time = Wed May 8 14:00:01 PDT 2013
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

 2.7  2013/05/08 06:30:03 40.221N 121.344W  8.8   13 km ( 8 mi) SW  of Chester, CA
 2.2  2013/05/06 21:28:24 40.024N 121.038W  8.9   12 km ( 8 mi) NW  of Quincy, CA
 1.2  2013/05/05 23:33:18 39.348N 122.901W  9.6    8 km ( 5 mi) SE  of Lake Pillsbury, CA
 1.3  2013/05/05 20:43:37 39.280N 122.819W  2.8   18 km (11 mi) N   of Nice, CA
 0.7  2013/05/05 14:18:56 40.449N 121.551W  4.3   13 km ( 8 mi) SE  of Viola, CA
 0.4  2013/05/05 14:16:42 40.452N 121.549W  4.2   13 km ( 8 mi) SE  of Viola, CA
 0.3  2013/05/05 14:16:20 40.449N 121.553W  4.7   13 km ( 8 mi) SE  of Viola, CA
 1.6  2013/05/05 05:35:14 40.130N 122.764W  7.0   45 km (28 mi) W   of Red Bluff, CA
 2.2  2013/05/04 13:10:08 39.571N 121.975W 15.3   17 km (11 mi) WSW of Durham, CA
 1.7  2013/05/03 16:30:00 39.530N 122.734W  0.3   14 km ( 8 mi) S   of Alder Springs, CA
 1.9  2013/05/03 15:59:25 39.248N 122.717W 11.7   18 km (11 mi) NE  of Nice, CA
 1.8  2013/05/03 14:29:15 40.749N 122.313W  0.0   19 km (12 mi) NNE of Redding, CA
 1.9  2013/05/02 08:27:28 40.575N 122.332W 17.2    5 km ( 3 mi) ESE of Redding, CA
 1.3  2013/05/02 07:01:26 40.745N 121.469W 19.1   22 km (14 mi) SE  of Burney, 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)