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California Earthquake

March 5, 2012 by · Comments Off on California Earthquake 

California Earthquake, Several earthquakes — the strongest measuring 4.0 — rattled the Bay Area north of San Francisco on Monday morning.

A shallow magnitude 4.0 earthquake hit the El Cerrito area at 5:33 a.m. The quake was felt across a large swath of the Bay Area but no damage was reported. BART temporarily halted service for track inspection but the transit service quickly resumed.

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, the epicenter was a mile from East Richmond Heights, two miles from Richmond, four miles from Berkeley and 13 miles from San Francisco City Hall.

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