Earthquake In Oakland At 5:33 AM, Magnitude Officially Unknown

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UPDATE: 4.0 – MORE HERE.

There was an earthquake here in Oakland just moments ago at 5:33 AM PST, so I check the USGA Earthquake website and this is the information I found:

Magnitude: ? (uncertain or not yet determined)
Date-Time

Monday, March 05, 2012 at 13:33:12 UTC
Monday, March 05, 2012 at 05:33:12 AM at epicenter

Location 37.934°N, 122.298°W
Depth 8 km (5.0 miles)
Region SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA
Distances

2 km (1 miles) N (9°) from El Cerrito, CA
2 km (1 miles) SE (130°) from East Richmond Heights, CA
4 km (2 miles) E (95°) from Richmond, CA
7 km (4 miles) NNW (343°) from Berkeley, CA
17 km (10 miles) NNW (338°) from Oakland, CA

Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 0.3 km (0.2 miles); depth +/- 0.6 km (0.4 miles)
Parameters Nph= 23, Dmin=3 km, Rmss=0.11 sec, Gp= 40°,
M-type=”Nuttli” surface wave magnitude (mbLg), Version=0
Source

California Integrated Seismic Net:
USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR

It felt like it may be about 4 on the Richter Scale.

Stay tuned.

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