A magnitude 4.7 earthquake struck Tuesday afternoon south of Hollister, rattling communities throughout the Bay Space and the Central Coast.
The quake struck at 3:23 p.m. about 20 miles south of Gilroy, simply exterior the small San Benito County neighborhood of Tres Pinos, in accordance with the U.S. Geological Survey. It originated about 5.7 miles beneath floor, the company stated.
There have been no fast stories of main harm. The temblor was initially reported as a 4.5 earthquake, however the USGS later revised its measurement to a barely stronger magnitude of 4.7.
Gentle shaking may very well be felt all through the Bay Space and the Central Coast, in accordance with hundreds of stories that streamed into the USGS’s web site within the minutes after the quake. Some individuals reported feeling the earthquake as far south as Massive Sur and as far east because the Sierra Nevada foothills, east of Merced. Others reported gentle shaking within the Modesto space.
The USGS reported that the quake activated California’s ShakeAlert system, which points alerts each time a quake journeys an elaborate collection of underground sensors put in all through the state.
The temblor ranks among the many strongest to shake the Bay Space or the encompassing area since a 5.1 quake hit jap Santa Clara County in late October. It additionally comes just some days after a collection of smaller quakes — all ranging in magnitude from 3.0 to 2.7 — rattled the Oakland Hills and the East Bay on Saturday.