4.4 Earthquake Rattles Bay Area At Night

Residents of california’s Bay area had an unsettling, and very early start to the day, Thursday When a magnitude 4.4 earthquake struck near Berkeley, at 2:39 am According to SFGate, hundreds of thousands were woken up by the shaking And while the earthquake was certainly felt, the damage was minimal According to one berkeley police dispatcher, there were no immediate reports of injury USGS Physicist Keith Knudsen gave a promising outlook at a morning press briefing, Saying that a lack of aftershocks means larger earthquakes are less likely to follow.

However, the Bay area is not entirely out of the woods.

The Hayward fault, where Thursday’s earthquake occured, is overdue for a large movement.

The last major quake from this fault line was in 1868, leaving 30 casualties.

As for this earthquake, Knudsen say aftershocks will likely be coming.

Though we do not know how serious they will be.