San Francisco Bay Area rattled by 4.7 earthquake Pleasant Hill
San Francisco Bay Area rattled by 4.7 earthquake Pleasant Hill
A magnitude 4.7 earthquake was felt widely in the San Francisco Bay Area on Monday evening at 10:33 p.m., with the epicenter in the Walnut Creek and Pleasant Hill areas. Moderate shaking was felt in the Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek and Concord areas of an intensity that can overturn unsecured objects, such as books and picture frames, and is capable of breaking dishes or windows. Weak shaking was felt in San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. In Fremont, one woman felt short shaking of just 2 seconds. Close to the epicenter in Walnut Creek, there was strong side-to-side shaking, strong enough to knock CDs off a shelf.