"On Thursday morning at 9:23 am, an earthquake rattled under the East Bay, with an epicenter about one mile east of Berkeley, a magnitude of 3.1, and a depth of about four miles. The quake appears to have occurred on the Hayward Fault. Shaking may have been felt in San Francisco though I didn't feel it. The USGS has not yet updated their Shake Map for the quake. The earthquake arrived just under an hour before the annual Great California ShakeOut drill, which was scheduled for 10:16 am Thursday."
"Tomorrow, October 17, is the 36th anniversary of the Loma Prieta Earthquake, a 6.9M quake that took the lives of 63 people across the Bay Area. According to the UC Berkeley Seismology Lab, the Hayward Fault currently holds the most potential dangers for the Bay Area, with a 33% chance of rupturing in a 6.7 magnitude earthquake or greater before 2043."
A magnitude 3.1 earthquake struck under the East Bay at 9:23 am with an epicenter about one mile east of Berkeley and a depth of about four miles. The event appears to have occurred on the Hayward Fault and may have been felt in San Francisco; the USGS had not yet updated its Shake Map. The quake occurred just under an hour before the scheduled Great California ShakeOut drill and coincided with MyShake app alerts. A prior 4.3M Hayward Fault quake occurred on September 22. The Hayward Fault has a 33% chance of a 6.7+ quake before 2043 and the Bay Area has a 72% chance.
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