San Francisco hit by 4.3-magnitude earthquake that shakes sleeping Bay Area residents

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekdayYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USYour briefing on the latest headlines from across the USSan Francisco Bay Area residents were jolted awake by a magnitude 4.3 earthquake just before 3 a.m. Monday. The tremor resounded throughout the Bay Area after the earthquake struck, with its center near the University of California campus in Berkeley, according to the United States Geological Survey. The USGS had initially reported that the earthquake was a magnitude 4.6, but later downgraded it to a magnitude 4.4 and then a magnitude 4.3. It was at a depth of about 4.8 miles.While the earthquake was strong enough to knock things off counters and scare pets, the San Francisco Fire Department said there have been no reports of major damage, according to the San Francisco Chronicle. There were no reports of injuries as of about 5 a.m. local time, but the quake was widely felt across the Bay Area. open image in galleryThe earthquake shook much of the Bay Area awake early Monday morning, but there were no reports of injuries (EMSC)The earthquake location was also close to the Hayward fault line, according to the California Geological Survey. The Hayward is one of the most dangerous fault lines in the Bay Area, according to UC Berkeley’s Seismology Lab, which notes on its website that Hayward “has a 33 percent chance of rupturing in a 6.7 magnitude earthquake or greater before 2043.” There was also no threat of a tsunami forming in the wake of the earthquake, the National Tsunami Center wrote on social media.open image in galleryThe earthquake’s center was in Berkeley, not far from the college campus (EMSC)This is a breaking news story…



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