California shaken by 4.9 earthquake centered in Santa Cruz Mountains

An earthquake of magnitude 4.9 shook residents awake throughout the Bay Area at 1:41 am early Thursday morning.

The earthquake was centered close to Boulder Creek in the Santa Cruz Mountains, based on the US Geological Survey. Shaking of some seconds or extra was felt in Oakland and San Francisco, with some individuals reporting a pointy jolt. Residents as far north as Petaluma felt the quake. At a house close to the epicenter, a guide was knocked off the shelf. Residents in that space usually reported little injury aside from scared pets and, for some, damaged dishes, based on social media teams.

People throughout the Bay Area received earthquake alerts, which went out for earthquakes of magnitude 4.5 and above. In Boulder Creek, the alerts — unsurprisingly — got here after the shaking started.

The quake was initially reported at 5.1 magnitude however shortly revised all the way down to 4.9.

Various faults ran by way of the Santa Cruz space, and it was not instantly clear which fault triggered the in a single day quake. The 6.9 magnitude Loma Prieta earthquake that struck in 1989 off the San Andreas Fault was epicentered close to Mount Loma Prieta in the Santa Cruz Mountains.