San Francisco Bay area residents awakened by early morning 4.4-magnitude earthquake on formidable fault that is due for a massive quake
A magnitude 4.4 earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay Area at 2:39am PST
The epicenter was in Berkeley, just across the bay from San Francisco
A spokesman for the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services said there were no reports of harm to the region
It happened on the Hayward fault, one of the most feared in the region because it can produce a large earthquake and runs through heavily-populated areas
Thirty people died when Hayward last produced a large earthquake in 1868
The population along the fault is now 100 times larger
Hayward produces a large earthquake about once every 160 years. It’s been 150 years since the 1868 quake
ASHLEY COLLMAN
DAILYMAIL.COM
4 January 2018
An earthquake shook California’s San Francisco Bay Area early on Thursday, waking many, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the shallow quake was a magnitude 4.4 and occurred at 2:39am PST.
Its epicenter was in Berkeley, across the bay from San Francisco, but was felt up to 40 miles away.
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.
One Twitter user posted a video showing an aisle in a Safeway grocery store in San Leandro, peppered with toiletries that had fallen to the ground.
The USGS placed the epicenter of the earthquake next to the Claremont Club and Spa in Berkeley.
The historic luxury hotel had no damage, an employee said, declining to give her name.
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