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Three Quakes Jolt San Ramon as USGS Revises Largest to Magnitude 4.0

Shaking reached Oakland and San Francisco with no injuries or damage reported.

Overview

  • The sequence began around 6:32 p.m. Saturday with a quake first listed at 3.9 and later updated to 4.0, according to the USGS.
  • Two additional earthquakes followed in the next 20 minutes, measured at magnitudes 2.8 and 3.0.
  • The events were centered just south of San Ramon, with reported depths near 3.1 miles for the first and about 2.5 miles for the third.
  • KTVU staff felt the shaking in Oakland, and viewers reported movement in San Francisco.
  • The Saturday evening cluster followed multiple quakes in the same area on Friday night and a 2.6 event Saturday morning.