'I got up and looked around and then I felt the house shaking and I said OK, this is a major earthquake, but I don't know how major. 'I thought someone was driving by with loud music, then I thought maybe it's a big plane going overhead,' said Nikki Edwards, who lives in San Jose's Rose Garden neighborhood. In San Jose, many people said this quake was the strongest they've felt in a long time. People across the Bay Area reported feeling the earthquake, with many describing the feeling as a rolling motion more than a jolt. Thousand of residents from Napa to Walnut Creek to San Francisco to San Jose felt the initial jolt.Įarthquake! /IuEoQLn752- jack o lanternoff October 25, 2022 VTA and Caltrain also announced delays to conduct safety inspections of their systems. Passengers were advised there would be major delays as crews performed safety procedures. 'We remain vigilant and will continue to monitor our operations to ensure safe and reliable delivery of gas and electric service to our customers.'īART service was halted for several minutes followed by inspections of the system. 'We have evaluated the impact to our gas and electric facilities due to the earthquake and have found no damage to our assets,' officials said. Meanwhile, PG&E officials said they checked out their equipment and found no signs of damage.

Earthquake preparedness tips from the U.S.Memories linger years after Loma Prieta Earthquake rocked the Bay Area.Top 10 earthquake survival kit must-haves.'SJFD has received no emergency calls related to this morning's #earthquake,' San Jose Fire officials posted. 'Numerous moderate earthquakes have happened in the area including the 6.2 magnitude Morgan Hill earthquake in 1984,' she said. Annemarie Baltay from the USGS said the Calaveras Fault system is very seismically active. It was also the largest quake on the northern end of the central segment of the Calaveras Fault since a 5.4-magnitude quake in 2007.ĭr. It was the largest earthquake in the Bay Area since a magnitude 6.0 jolt in the Napa wine country in 2014. and a magnitude 2.8 temblor struck at 5:20 p.m. Then a 3.5 aftershock rattled the region at 3:08 p.m. Hamilton along the Calaveras Fault with a second jolt at 11:46 a.m. Geological Survey, the initial temblor struck at 11:42 a.m. SAN JOSE - A magnitude 5.1 earthquake followed by three aftershocks ranging in magnitude from 3.5 to 2.8 rumbled through the South Bay Tuesday, rattling windows, shelves and nerves all across the Bay Area.Īccording to the U.S. San Jose residents describe the feeling of a 5.0 earthquake 02:59

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