From California Post · · 1m 10s
A 3.4 quake wakes the East Bay
A small overnight tremor near Brentwood rattled Contra Costa County and was felt for miles.
In brief
A small overnight tremor near Brentwood rattled Contra Costa County and was felt for miles. A shallow 3.4 quake south of Brentwood woke parts of the East Bay just after midnight, with no injuries or damage reported. Originally reported by California Post.
A jolt after midnight
An earthquake struck Contra Costa County in the early hours of Saturday morning, waking people across the East Bay.
Magnitude 3.4
The US Geological Survey put the quake at 3.4, small enough to rattle windows and nerves rather than break anything.
Five miles from Brentwood
The epicenter sat about 5.5 miles southwest of Brentwood, in the eastern stretch of the Bay Area.
Eleven miles down
Seismographs recorded the tremor roughly 11 miles deep. Shallow quakes like this one carry their shaking further at the surface.
Felt from Pleasanton to Pittsburg
Residents in towns well beyond the epicenter reported feeling it, according to KRON 4, spreading the shake across a wide slice of the East Bay.
No injuries, no damage
Nothing broken and nobody hurt, by the early count. For most people the quake was a few seconds of confusion in the dark.
Here's the gist
A shallow 3.4 quake south of Brentwood woke parts of the East Bay just after midnight, with no injuries or damage reported.
