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San Francisco earthquake latest: 4.4 magnitude hits Bay Area two miles away from Berkeley | San Francisco earthquake latest: 4.4 magnitude hits Bay Area two miles away from Berkeley |
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San Francisco Bay Area residents have been shaken out of their slumber by a magnitude 4.4 earthquake that was felt over a wide area. | San Francisco Bay Area residents have been shaken out of their slumber by a magnitude 4.4 earthquake that was felt over a wide area. |
The quake struck at 2.39am about 2 miles (3km) from Berkeley, just across the bay from San Francisco, according to the US Geological Survey. | |
The magnitude was revised after it was initially reported as magnitude 4.5. It happened at a depth of 8 miles (13km). | |
Social media posts showed people were woken up some 40 miles (64km) to the north and south. | |
A spokesman for the California Governor's Office of Emergency Services said there were no reports of harm to the region. | |
A Berkeley Fire Department dispatcher, who declined to give his name, said more than a dozen people had called, mostly complaining about windows shaking. He also said there were no reports of any damage or injuries. | |
“Felt like a big truck drove into the building or something blew up downstairs. It just rocked the room and bed like two or three times quickly with a decently loud rumble in North Berkeley,” Dale Fest wrote on the San Francisco Chronicle's Facebook page . | “Felt like a big truck drove into the building or something blew up downstairs. It just rocked the room and bed like two or three times quickly with a decently loud rumble in North Berkeley,” Dale Fest wrote on the San Francisco Chronicle's Facebook page . |
Bay Area Rapid Transit said it had checked tracks for damage and found no problems. Early delays in train service were cleared up by 5.30am, the agency said. | |
Jack Boatwright, a geophysicist with the USGS Earthquake Science Center in Menlo Park, said the shaking from the quake “seemed a little weak, about half as strong as what you would expect.” | Jack Boatwright, a geophysicist with the USGS Earthquake Science Center in Menlo Park, said the shaking from the quake “seemed a little weak, about half as strong as what you would expect.” |
He told the Chronicle that by 4.15am, there had been no aftershocks, which he called “a good sign. It may mean less likelihood of a larger earthquake to follow.” | |
Twitter lit up with comments, many of them light-hearted. | |
"Since everyone in the Bay Area is awake, it's time for the 30 minute dance party! #earthquake," one user wrote. | |
Another described how the earthquake woke them up: "*wakes up to earthquake in san francisco*, *freaks out*, *checks twitter*, *goes back to bed*" | |
Around an hour after the quake, San Francisco's Department of Emergency Management sent a text to residents saying there was no tsunami warning. | |
Additional reporting by agencies |
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