2.7 magnitude earthquake hits Oakland, 2.9 quake strikes near Berkeley

Bay City News
Saturday, April 13, 2019
Pair of small earthquakes rattle the East Bay
Two small earthquakes struck the East Bay on Saturday. The largest was a 2.9 quake that struck near Berkeley.

BERKELEY, Calif. -- A second small quake shook the East Bay on Saturday, this time in Oakland near Mills College, according to the USGS.

The 2.7 quake was reported at 12:35 p.m. along the Hayward Fault about 3 miles down. It was centered near Mills College in East Oakland.

An earlier 2.9 quake along the Hayward Fault at 8:44 a.m. shook the Berkeley hills area near UC Berkeley's Clark Kerr Campus.

No damage has been reported from the quakes.

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