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Did You Feel It? Fourth Quake Reported in Berkeley
Share your experiences in the comments below. What did it feel like to you?
A 3.9 quake reportedly hit Berkeley at 8:16 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
Thursday afternoon, a was reported just east of College Avenue in the university's Clark Kerr campus.
Thursday evening's quake took place just north of that location, at 37.869°N, 122.252°W, with a quake depth of six miles.
The first earthquake hit at 2:41 p.m., and was initially reported by the U.S. Geological Survey as 4.2. After a seismologist's review, it was downgraded to 3.9, then upgraded to 4.0.
The first quake's depth was reported at 5.1 miles, centered at 37.856°N, 122.253°W.
A second smaller quake, magnitude 1.8, was reported nearby at 3:09 p.m., but the report had not been reviewed as of 7 p.m.
A third quake, which registered at 2.2, reportedly hit at 4:50 p.m. It had not been reviewed either.
People are commenting about how it felt to them on Dublin Patch's Facebook page.
If you'd like to share what you felt with the USGS, click here to fill out their Did You Feel It? form.
