Earthquake In Berkeley

3.6 magnitude-- 7:12

East bay Hills north of Oakland.

This reported now by Channel 2

A minor earthquake occurred at 7:12:28 PM (PST) on Wednesday, December 20, 2006.
The magnitude 3.7 event occurred 4 km (2 miles) ESE of Berkeley, CA.
The hypocentral depth is 9 km ( 6 miles).

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Magnitude	3.7 - local magnitude (ML)
Time	Wednesday, December 20, 2006 at 7:12:28 PM (PST) Thursday, December 21, 2006 at 3:12:28 (UTC)
Distance from	Berkeley, CA - 4 km (2 miles) ESE (112 degrees) Piedmont, CA - 4 km (3 miles) N (354 degrees) Emeryville, CA - 5 km (3 miles) ENE (59 degrees) Albany, CA - 6 km (4 miles) SE (124 degrees) San Francisco City Hall, CA - 19 km (12 miles) ENE (59 degrees)
Coordinates	37 deg. 51.6 min. N (37.860N), 122 deg. 14.2 min. W (122.237W)
Depth	9 km (5.6 miles)
Location Quality	Excellent
Location Quality Parameters	Nst=212, Nph=212, Dmin=2 km, Rmss=0.1 sec, Erho=0.1 km, Erzz=0.2 km, Gp=21.6 degrees
Event ID#	nc51177042
Additional Information	2-degree map Topo map centered at earthquake (This link takes you offsite). ShakeMap shaking intensity maps Did you feel it? NCSN First Motion Mechanism 1 Waveforms Waveforms for ShakeMap

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For more information, see http://quake.wr.usgs.gov/

http://quake.wr.usgs.gov

(12-20) 19:22 PST -- A magnitude 3.7 quake with an epicenter in Berkeley rocked the Bay Area at 7:12 p.m.

BART stopped all trains as a precaution to check the tracks. Calls poured into fire stations from people in the East Bay reporting that they felt a strong jolt. People in San Francisco described the quake as a jolt or as a wave sensation.

http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/12/20/BAG9AN3JPD3.DTL