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Update time = Thu May 15 17:00:02 PDT 2008
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
 1.7  2008/05/15 12:02:21 33.230N 115.974W  8.4    8 km ( 5 mi) S   of Salton City, CA
 0.6  2008/05/14 16:26:22 33.176N 115.683W  7.1    4 km ( 3 mi) W   of Obsidian Butte, CA
 1.2  2008/05/14 13:29:01 33.223N 115.643W  6.0    6 km ( 4 mi) N   of Obsidian Butte, CA
 1.2  2008/05/14 00:58:46 33.189N 115.606W  1.5    4 km ( 2 mi) NE  of Obsidian Butte, CA
 2.2  2008/05/14 00:44:07 33.125N 115.507W  2.8    0 km ( 0 mi) ESE of Calipatria, CA
 1.6  2008/05/14 00:26:24 33.296N 115.976W 12.7    2 km ( 1 mi) WSW of Salton City, CA
 2.6  2008/05/14 00:23:56 33.190N 115.609W  2.7    3 km ( 2 mi) NE  of Obsidian Butte, CA
 1.6  2008/05/13 09:04:49 33.076N 115.524W  9.9    6 km ( 4 mi) S   of Calipatria, CA
 2.1  2008/05/12 18:05:09 33.081N 115.534W 20.8    5 km ( 3 mi) SSW of Calipatria, CA
 1.2  2008/05/11 10:15:09 33.180N 115.625W  2.5    2 km ( 1 mi) NE  of Obsidian Butte, CA
 0.5  2008/05/11 10:11:04 33.194N 115.655W  6.0    3 km ( 2 mi) NNW of Obsidian Butte, CA
 0.5  2008/05/11 10:10:38 33.176N 115.632W  6.0    1 km ( 1 mi) NE  of Obsidian Butte, CA
 0.3  2008/05/11 10:09:57 33.191N 115.614W  6.0    3 km ( 2 mi) NE  of Obsidian Butte, CA
 0.5  2008/05/10 17:34:47 33.155N 115.718W  6.0    8 km ( 5 mi) WSW of Obsidian Butte, CA
 1.4  2008/05/09 00:21:11 33.561N 115.882W  7.5    6 km ( 4 mi) NE  of North Shore, CA
 1.3  2008/05/09 00:15:16 33.697N 115.999W  3.1   15 km (10 mi) NNE of Mecca, 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)