Magnitude 4.0 Earthquake Rattles Bay Area
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The earthquake struck 5 miles east of Gilroy at 6:16 a.m., with over 1,100 people reporting feeling the shaking, according to the USGS. People reported feeling the quake in San Francisco, Santa Cruz, San Jose and as far north as Marin. The temblor was strong enough that the Shake Alert system was activated for the region.
SONOMA COUNTY, CA - Thursday morning, a preliminary 3.6 magnitude quake was reported close to The Geysers, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Some reports of shaking came in from as far away as 40 miles from the epicenter, according to the federal agency that tracks earthquakes.
Their whole life, producer Hannah Chinn has known about the Big One: a massive earthquake forecasted to hit the West Coast. Scientists say it’ll destroy buildings, collapse bridges, flood coastal towns and permanently shift the landscape.
On Thursday, Indonesia was rattled by a powerful earthquake of 6.6 magnitude near Aceh province on Sumatra island. As the seven-minute-long quake is estimated to be 25.4 kilometers deep, there’s no tsunami warning issued.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.1 shook roughly 37 miles north of Santa Rosa in Northern California on Monday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake, which struck at 7:08 a.
A series of earthquakes rattled California’s Bay Area near Gilroy on Wednesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The largest was a magnitude 4.0 quake centered about 8 kilometers east of Gilroy, followed by a magnitude 3.6 quake southeast of the city and a magnitude 2.7 event to the east.