Earthquake shakes San Francisco Bay Area
A 4.0 magnitude earthquake woke up the San Francisco Bay Area on Monday. With an epicenter near the town of Piedmont, between Oakland and Berkeley, the tremor struck at 6:49 a.m. local time.
According to the US Geological Survey (USGS), the quake was at the depth of 3.3 miles (5.4 miles), on the Hayward Fault running underneath the Bay Area.
San Francisco area just got an early-morning jolt. 4.2M earthquake on Hayward fault, moderate shaking in East Bay. pic.twitter.com/R8pCYdanzL
— Capital Weather Gang (@capitalweather) August 17, 2015Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) has temporarily suspended service.
#BART holding trains now for system-wide check. @USGS now calling this a 4.0 magnitude #quake
— Stan Bunger (@BungerKCBS) August 17, 2015The quake caught KTVU weatherman Steve Paulson mid-sentence. A video clip is showing him staggering in the studio. “We have an earthquake … Oh my goodness, it’s a good one.”
This morning's little #earthquake
#ThatsNotNewsToMe
https://t.co/saDemvWcFY
— Brendan McInnis (@BrendanMcInnis) August 17, 2015There are no immediate reports of injuries or damages.
