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An earthquake which has a magnitude with 3.6 hit California 's Bay Area Thursday morning. According for the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the soil tremor happened during 5:36 a.m. plus was based throughout Berkeley.

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Felt close to Berkeley, Oakland, Alameda as well as San Francisco, the particular Oakland Tribune reported that will Urel Gonzales, who performs at Caf Trieste on San Pablo Avenue around Berkeley, detailed Thursday's earthquake as being a "big boom, a huge crash."

But ?t had been not necessarily because big as being the one last Thursday," Gonzales said. Last Thursday, the particular Bay Area was rocked by a extensively were feeling 4.0 earthquake and a 3.8 aftershock.

The six-mile earthquake Thursday morning had been formerly labeled as being a magnitude-3.9 however seemed to be reduced to be able to 3.6 with the USGS.

Keith Knudsen, deputy director for the Earthquake Science Center, informed the Oakland Tribune how the quantity of earthquakes smacking the particular similar region is a "little bit unusual."

Knudsen that lifestyles around Albany said, "These growing up there inside size, hence it is interesting. With an earthquake like that there will be always a new chance this can be a foreshock into a even larger earthquake coming, but this is a decreased probability."

While no harm were immediately reported, that earthquakes inside Sacramento have Bay Area people curious about no matter if they will their own dwelling or perhaps home insurance coverage would likely include potential damages out of an earthquake.

Glenn Pomeroy, some sort of fundamental accounting officer belonging to the California Earthquake Authority, said a lot of people shouldn't have earthquake protection understanding that the average homeowner's plan will not cover tremble damage. Pomeroy recommends uneasy people that will look into purchasing a great earthquake-specific policy, and that is available through the Sacramento-based CEA.

Established inside 1996, your CEA markets earthquake plans through contributing insurance policy companies.