A moderate M 4.3 - (2 km ESE) in Berkeley, CA, struck the Bay Area on the Hayward fault early in the AM.
Magnitude 4.3 earthquake, epicenter in Berkeley, shakes Bay Area
BART trains are running with a delay after an earthquake jolted the Bay Area with a magnitude of 4.3 early Monday morning. Transit officials are currently inspecting the track system wide leading to the 20-minute delay.
The earthquake centered in Berkeley was felt by over 24,000 people and the U.S. Geological Survey estimates more tremors could be on the way. There is a 24% risk of an aftershock with at a magnitude of at least a 3.0 hitting the region within the next week and a 3% chance of another shake with a magnitude of at least a 4.0.
Sept. 22, 5:30a.m. An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 gave the Bay Area a big jolt early Monday morning, the United States Geological Survey reports. The quake, which had a preliminary magnitude of 4.6, had an epicenter in Berkeley on Dwight Way near Piedmont Avenue, close to the University of California campus. It struck at 2:56 a.m.
The strong quake woke up the Bay Area, with over 21,000 people reporting having felt it on the USGS site within the first hour of the event. The reports of having felt the earthquake came from people as far south as Salinas, north near Santa Rosa and Stockton to the east.
The temblor's epicenter was within blocks of the Hayward Fault, which runs along the eastern side of the Cal campus, stretching right through the middle of Memorial Stadium. "UC Berkeley is the only major university in the world that has a dangerous earthquake fault running through its campus," wrote Horst Rademacher, a researcher at the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory in his 2017 walking tour of the Hayward Fault on the campus.
Magnitude 4.3 earthquake, epicenter in Berkeley, shakes Bay Area
BART trains are running with a delay after an earthquake jolted the Bay Area with a magnitude of 4.3 early Monday morning. Transit officials are currently inspecting the track system wide leading to the 20-minute delay.
The earthquake centered in Berkeley was felt by over 24,000 people and the U.S. Geological Survey estimates more tremors could be on the way. There is a 24% risk of an aftershock with at a magnitude of at least a 3.0 hitting the region within the next week and a 3% chance of another shake with a magnitude of at least a 4.0.
Sept. 22, 5:30a.m. An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.3 gave the Bay Area a big jolt early Monday morning, the United States Geological Survey reports. The quake, which had a preliminary magnitude of 4.6, had an epicenter in Berkeley on Dwight Way near Piedmont Avenue, close to the University of California campus. It struck at 2:56 a.m.
The strong quake woke up the Bay Area, with over 21,000 people reporting having felt it on the USGS site within the first hour of the event. The reports of having felt the earthquake came from people as far south as Salinas, north near Santa Rosa and Stockton to the east.
The temblor's epicenter was within blocks of the Hayward Fault, which runs along the eastern side of the Cal campus, stretching right through the middle of Memorial Stadium. "UC Berkeley is the only major university in the world that has a dangerous earthquake fault running through its campus," wrote Horst Rademacher, a researcher at the Berkeley Seismological Laboratory in his 2017 walking tour of the Hayward Fault on the campus.
