Preliminary magnitude 3.5 quake hits near elite Santa Rosa country club
A preliminary magnitude 3.5 earthquake shook the North Bay on Thursday morning.
The shake happened at 10:33 a.m., with an epicenter approximately 2 miles east-southeast of Larkfield-Wikiup, a city near Santa Rosa, according to the United States Geological Survey. The epicenter was also adjacent to the Fountaingrove Club, an elite country club in Santa Rosa, the USGS map shows. The quake had a depth of 4.6 miles, and no injuries have been reported.
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According to USGS’ Did You Feel It? report, at least 1,300 people felt the earthquake. Weak to light shaking was reported in Santa Rosa, San Francisco, and Berkeley, while light to moderate shaking was felt in Windsor.
The quake happened near the Rodgers Creek Fault in Sonoma County, the Press Democrat reported, which is part of the Hayward-Rodgers Creek fault system.
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The shake comes after a new study by USGS scientists released this week, as first reported by the San Francisco Chronicle, revealed that the probability for a major earthquake in the Bay Area has gone up. Scientists determined that there is a 74.1% chance of a major quake in the next year, with the highest probably along the Hayward-Rodgers Creek fault system. (The Chronicle and SFGATE are both owned by Hearst but have separate newsrooms.)
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