Big Earthquakes in California-Nevada Map Area

Magnitude 3 and greater earthquakes catalogued in the last week (168 hours) for the California-Nevada map area. Some early events may be obscured by more recent events on the maps. The top three magnitude categories above magnitude 3 (for example 3,4,5 or 4,5,6 or 5,6,7) are in red in the list below.

The most recent earthquakes are at the top of the list. Times are local (PST or PDT). Click on the word "map" to see a map displaying the earthquake. Click on an event's location to get additional information.

Update time = Thu, 17 May 2012 20:37:11 UTC

5 earthquakes in list

  Mag Date
y/m/d
Local Time
h:m:s
Latitude
deg
Longitude
deg
Depth
km
Location
4.1 2012/05/15 03:19:33 40.391N 125.423W 24.4 97 km (60 mi) W of Petrolia, CA
3.9 2012/05/13 05:38:52 38.787N 122.776W 3.7 3 km ( 2 mi) ESE of The Geysers, CA
3.1 2012/05/13 02:21:05 32.196N 115.279W 10.0 19 km (12 mi) WSW of Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico
3.9 2012/05/10 23:19:32 32.093N 115.736W 10.0 63 km (39 mi) WSW of Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico
3.1 2012/05/10 19:23:36 32.214N 115.310W 10.0 21 km (13 mi) WSW of Guadalupe Victoria, Baja California, Mexico

The most recent earthquakes are at the top of this list.

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