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Witness location : Oakland (USA) (0 km N from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

On toilet in Claremont Hills home when first heard shutter from outside the house and then a quick shake in the home and I could hear it carryon through the hills.

Witness location : Oakland (USA) (1 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

A huge bong then slight rumbling. Enough to shake my house which is a fortress built by my father to withstand quakes since we’re right next to the San Andrés fault. Good morning Oakland!

Witness location : Berkeley (USA) (3 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Quick Jolt. Good morning:D

Witness location : Oakland (USA) (3 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 639 min

In bed and felt one sudden jerk. Got dressed and waited for a bigger one to follow . I did not feel the second one minutes later.

Witness location : Berkeley (USA) (4 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

It was small but unmistakably an earthquake, which woke me up.

Witness location : Oakland (USA) (4 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

I thought it was going to be a lot worse but then it was over. I'm glad it wasn't the Big One!

Witness location : Oakland (USA) (4 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Quick shake

Witness location : Emeryville (USA) (4 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 201 min

I heard the rumble ahead of the actual shake then it was a pretty quick jolt. I didn’t feel the aftershock

Witness location : Oakland (USA) (4 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 34 min

Shook the bed for a few sevonds. The dog is still on high alert.

Witness location : Oakland (USA) (4 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 65 min

Small shake just now

Witness location : Oakland (USA) (5 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Rolling jolt. Woke me up.

Witness location : Berkeley (USA) (5 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 173 min

I live in Berkeley, my housemate felt it has a little bump, nothing much., very glad about that.

Witness location : Berkeley (USA) (6 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Quick jolt

Witness location : Oakland (USA) (6 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Two shakes, woke me up. Several seconds.

Witness location : Oakland (USA) (6 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 121 min

I woke up with the jolt and house noises

Witness location : Oakland (USA) (6 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 178 min

Sharp jolt felt from 94601

Witness location : Albany (USA) (8 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Woke me up! A bit more shaking and a little longer than usual small Berkeley hills ones I often feel...

Witness location : Moraga (USA) (8 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

Quick jolt. Not rolling at all. One strong shake lasted for about 4 seconds.

Witness location : Alameda (USA) (9 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

It felt like one jolt or something hit the house. Enough for me to wake up and get out of bed.

Witness location : Alameda (USA) (9 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 56 min

Woke up

Witness location : Alameda (USA) (9 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

I was already awake. Felt a long, slow rolling quake in Alameda .

Witness location : Alameda (USA) (9 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Short. Two shakes.

Witness location : Oakland (USA) (10 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 98 min

Woke me up

Witness location : Alameda (USA) (10 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Woke from sleep

Witness location : Alameda (USA) (10 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Woke me up, rattled the house for about three seconds.

Witness location : Oakland (USA) (10 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

This quake woke me up.

Witness location : Oakland (USA) (11 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Small jolt.

Witness location : Oakland (USA) (11 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Shook my bed. Was slow rolling maybe 3 or 4 seconds long

Witness location : Oakland (USA) (11 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Was lying awake in bed when it happened, just a quick shudder through the house.

Witness location : Alameda (USA) (12 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 72 min

It woke me up.

Witness location : Alameda (USA) (12 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1578 min

Just a bump, woke me up.

Witness location : Oakland (USA) (14 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Slight shake. I heard my glasses rattle

Witness location : San Leandro (USA) (15 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 30 min

Quick shake

Witness location : San Francisco (USA) (16 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Shook my cabinate and my bed, i woke up.

Witness location : Walnut Creek (USA) (16 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 242 min

Just a little rumble. Walnut Creek.

Witness location : San Francisco (USA) (17 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 313 min

Woke up and heard something fall

Witness location : San Francisco (USA) (17 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Thought something fell on my bed. Very small thud but noticeable.

Witness location : San Leandro (USA) (17 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Woke me from my sleep.

Witness location : San Leandro (USA) (18 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 358 min

A little shaking

Witness location : San Leandro (USA) (18 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Couch shook, felt like a truck hit the house.

Witness location : San Francisco (USA) (18 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Just minor rumbling.

Witness location : San Francisco (USA) (18 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1551 min

Sliding Door from hanging track rattled

Witness location : San Francisco (USA) (18 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 22 min

Felt 3-5 seconds of shaking, windows rattling and other loud rumbling sounds.

Witness location : San Francisco (USA) (19 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Room shook for just a second. Thought it was an earthquake so I checked.

Witness location : San Francisco (USA) (19 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Not sure I would have felt it if I wasn’t awake already.

Witness location : San Leandro (USA) (19 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Yes it woke me up.

Witness location : San Leandro (USA) (19 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

One jolt that could be felt and heard through movement of our china cabinet. Followed by a couple tiny ones. Really brief but definitely knew exactly what it was!

Witness location : San Francisco (USA) (20 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

I was laying in bed and it moved!!

Witness location : Concord (USA) (20 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 993 min

Not sure how if I heard a bang or if something or someone hit the side of our town home,definitely woke me up startled,scared as shit,ran to the window to see if someone was at the door,called my sons name(he sleeps like a zombie)..here we go again with these early morning wake up quakes!!Have shoes and jacket handy on your bedside!! Believe me,you can hear it coming!Concord

Witness location : San Francisco (USA) (20 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Woke me up. Shook bed like someone jumped on it.

Witness location : San Francisco (USA) (20 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

Very short tremor felt in central San Francisco

Witness location : Hayward (USA) (21 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Just a quake shaking that woke me up.

Witness location : San Francisco (USA) (21 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 85 min

Woke me up in the Haight, felt the bed move and heard the house creak. ‘’I really should get that seismic retrofit’’

Witness location : Castro Valley (USA) (21 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Seriously spooked me. Waited for more... It was eerie...

Witness location : Castro Valley (USA) (21 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 104 min

Woke me up

Witness location : Hayward (USA) (21 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Felt in Hayward, California

Witness location : San Francisco (USA) (22 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

Was sleeping, woke me up

Witness location : Danville (USA) (22 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Tiny sway in Danville

Witness location : San Francisco (USA) (22 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 187 min

Woke up, a fast ,clear shake

Witness location : San Francisco (USA) (22 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

Shook the bed

Witness location : San Francisco (USA) (22 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Mild rocking back and forth for approximately 10-15 seconds.

Witness location : San Francisco (USA) (22 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Felt a bump followed by a wiggle.

Witness location : Castro Valley (USA) (22 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

We felt brief 2 second shake that also rattled the light fixture

Witness location : San Francisco (USA) (23 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Few short and light shakes

Witness location : San Francisco (USA) (24 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 26 min

Woke me up

Witness location : Hayward (USA) (24 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

We felt it in Hayward, Ca . Bay Area Shook the bed quuck 2 or 3 second rollin Quake... You could hear the house rolling

Witness location : Hayward (USA) (24 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

We awoke to shaking furniture. Didn't last long but did wake us. Though we didn't physically feel the shaking.

Witness location : Hayward (USA) (24 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 16 min

Located in Hayward

Witness location : Hayward (USA) (24 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Woke me up

Witness location : Concord (USA) (24 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

I was dozing and the earthquake scared me awake.

Witness location : Castro Valley (USA) (25 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Shook my bed just a bit

Witness location : Hayward (USA) (26 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Sharp jolt!!!

Witness location : South San Francisco (USA) (27 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 342 min

Dog started barking 10minutes before the quake and ran around three stories of house but nothing in site or sound for we humans then it hit with a jolt and windows shuttered in their mounts.

Witness location : Daly City (USA) (28 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Was watching youtube and house started moving

Witness location : Daly City (USA) (28 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 30 min

My bed really got a shake, I was almost sleeping, looks like somebody was shaking my bed.

Witness location : South San Francisco (USA) (28 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

3 sec jolt

Witness location : San Bruno (USA) (30 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

I heard this loud rumble and noticed the feathers in my large peacock feather bouquet were swaying and blowing around as if there was a strong gust of wind in the house. I thought it came from the back sliding door since it was slightly opened but I didn’t feel any wind nor did anything else “blow” around. It resembled what a wind chime would look like following an earthquake.

Witness location : San Bruno (USA) (30 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Was sleeping and floor was shaking with Windows shakig

Witness location : Pacifica (USA) (33 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Strong enough to wake me up in Pacifica

Witness location : San Mateo (USA) (34 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Just a light rumble that could have been a large passing truck

Witness location : Fremont (USA) (39 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Laying awake in bed.

Witness location : Menlo Park (USA) (46 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1092 min

Movement/sound woke me up

Witness location : Redwood City (USA) (46 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

4:43am Woodside, ca.

Witness location : Palo Alto (USA) (49 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Glasses and dishes quickly rattled for 3 seconds and I felt a little dizzy.

Witness location : Palo Alto (USA) (50 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Bruit sourd, les vitres qui tremblent un peu, cela m'a réveillé. Je dirais qu'il est un peu plus que 4.

Witness location : San Jose (USA) (64 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Awoke to my bedroom shaking

Witness location : San Jose (USA) (65 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Felt slight shake in San Jose

Witness location : Aptos (USA) (100 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

I felt this in Aptos ca. Whole room shook and woke me up on second floor bedroom

Witness location : New York (USA) (4121 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Woke us up