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Update time = Mon Nov 23 18:00:02 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
 0.7  2009/11/23 14:55:58 37.371N 121.725W  7.7    9 km ( 5 mi) E   of Alum Rock, CA
 0.4  2009/11/23 14:52:45 37.367N 121.727W  7.8    9 km ( 5 mi) E   of Alum Rock, CA
 1.2  2009/11/23 14:48:00 37.370N 121.728W  8.2    9 km ( 5 mi) E   of Alum Rock, CA
 0.7  2009/11/23 07:20:29 37.425N 121.754W 11.1    9 km ( 6 mi) NE  of Alum Rock, CA
 0.9  2009/11/23 02:38:14 37.518N 121.802W 11.9   12 km ( 8 mi) SE  of Sunol, CA
 1.6  2009/11/22 18:27:40 38.075N 121.908W 22.3    7 km ( 4 mi) NNW of Pittsburg, CA
 1.6  2009/11/22 15:59:49 37.456N 121.770W  6.4   11 km ( 7 mi) NNE of Alum Rock, CA
 1.2  2009/11/22 04:42:54 37.530N 121.856W  0.2    9 km ( 5 mi) SSE of Sunol, CA
 1.0  2009/11/20 21:57:47 37.166N 121.598W  3.4    6 km ( 4 mi) NE  of Morgan Hill, CA
 1.6  2009/11/20 10:20:25 38.064N 120.414W  0.0    4 km ( 2 mi) NNW of Columbia, CA
 1.6  2009/11/20 06:47:16 37.414N 121.447W  3.6   26 km (16 mi) SW  of Westley, CA
 1.1  2009/11/20 01:32:57 37.448N 121.769W  6.8   10 km ( 6 mi) NNE of Alum Rock, CA
 1.0  2009/11/20 00:45:30 37.790N 121.783W 10.8   12 km ( 7 mi) E   of Blackhawk, CA
 1.3  2009/11/20 00:09:50 37.782N 121.797W  9.9   11 km ( 7 mi) ESE of Blackhawk, CA
 0.6  2009/11/19 23:11:39 37.420N 121.750W  4.7    9 km ( 6 mi) NE  of Alum Rock, CA
 0.9  2009/11/19 15:39:16 37.108N 121.528W  2.9    7 km ( 4 mi) ENE of San Martin, CA
 1.1  2009/11/19 03:36:02 37.439N 121.781W  8.8    9 km ( 6 mi) NNE of Alum Rock, CA
 1.4  2009/11/18 23:27:29 37.050N 121.707W  9.2   10 km ( 6 mi) SW  of Morgan Hill, CA
 0.9  2009/11/18 21:03:37 37.355N 121.726W  3.0    9 km ( 6 mi) E   of Alum Rock, CA
 1.8  2009/11/18 20:21:06 37.456N 121.778W  6.1   11 km ( 7 mi) ENE of Milpitas, CA
 0.7  2009/11/18 15:46:53 37.151N 121.619W  5.1    3 km ( 2 mi) NE  of Morgan Hill, CA
 0.7  2009/11/18 15:32:30 37.259N 121.636W  5.5   15 km ( 9 mi) N   of Morgan Hill, CA
 1.8  2009/11/18 13:12:20 38.102N 121.906W 23.1   10 km ( 6 mi) N   of Pittsburg, CA
 0.7  2009/11/17 21:17:36 37.376N 121.733W  6.6    8 km ( 5 mi) E   of Alum Rock, CA
 1.2  2009/11/17 20:38:25 37.861N 121.802W 10.1   11 km ( 7 mi) ENE of Blackhawk, CA
 1.6  2009/11/17 20:08:45 37.870N 121.797W 11.9   11 km ( 7 mi) SW  of Brentwood, CA
 0.9  2009/11/17 16:10:07 37.405N 121.495W  6.6   29 km (18 mi) E   of Alum Rock, CA
 1.9  2009/11/17 16:04:34 38.142N 121.860W 19.3   14 km ( 9 mi) N   of Pittsburg, CA
 1.0  2009/11/17 13:17:23 37.431N 121.767W  9.7    9 km ( 5 mi) NE  of Alum Rock, CA
 1.1  2009/11/17 11:29:03 37.111N 121.530W  3.1    7 km ( 4 mi) ENE of San Martin, CA

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Northern California - USGS = U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park
Northern California - UCB = University of California, Berkeley
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Southern California - Caltech = California Institute of Technology
Southern California - UCSD = University of California, San Diego
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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)