4.5 earthquake in California shakes Monterey, San Benito counties
A 4.5-magnitude earthquake shook California's Monterey and San Benito counties early Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said, but no damage was immediately reported.
Dispatchers at the Monterey County and San Benito County sheriff’s departments said they received no reports of damage, and said the shaking was not strong enough to toss books from shelves. The quake was recorded at 12:51 a.m., and was followed by a 3.4 aftershock at 1 a.m. and several smaller aftershocks.
The earthquake was centered 6 miles southeast of San Juan Bautista and 45 miles southeast of San Jose, according to the geological survey.
Wednesday's temblor came five days after a 4.1 shaker rattled the San Jose area.
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Graphic: Map of earthquake epicenter. Source: U.S. Geological Survey
EDITOR'S PICKS:
The rumbling woke me up and the earth shifted from right to left and back again in the Carmel Highlands.
Posted by: northbeach | January 12, 2011 at 04:17 AM
A 3.0 near Santa Monica. A 3.5 in the waters outside of Santa Barbara. Now a 4.5 inland from Monterey. Ever watch the movie 10.5.
Posted by: Manuel | January 12, 2011 at 07:19 AM
The activity has seemed to pick up in that area recently. A M6.0+ occurred in that area north of Parkfield nine hours before the 1857 quake. I wonder if it's it's going to do it again?
Posted by: Bill | January 12, 2011 at 07:35 AM
I live in San Francisco, and felt the rumbling all the way up here.
Posted by: happycat | January 12, 2011 at 12:57 PM