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Mon, 22 Sep 2025, 09:58 | BY: EARTHQUAKEMONITOR
Just 50 seconds ago, a 4.8-magnitude earthquake struck near Berkeley, Alameda County, California, USA. The tremor was recorded early morning on Monday, September 22nd, 2025, at 2:56 am local time, at a very shallow depth of 5.6 miles below the surface.
The event was filed by the United States Geological Survey, the first seismological agency to report it.
Based on the preliminary seismic data, the quake was probably felt by many people in the area of the epicenter. It should not have caused significant damage, other than objects falling from shelves, broken windows, etc.
In Berkeley (pop. 121,000) located 2 miles from the epicenter, Oakland (pop. 419,300) 4 miles away, Alameda (pop. 78,600) 6 miles away, Richmond (pop. 109,700) 8 miles away, Walnut Creek (pop. 68,900) 10 miles away, San Leandro (pop. 90,700) 10 miles away, San Francisco (pop. 864,800) 11 miles away, and Concord (pop. 128,700) 14 miles away, the quake should have been felt as light shaking.
Weak shaking might have been felt in San Jose (pop. 1,026,900) located 41 miles from the epicenter.
Other towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include Sacramento (pop. 490,700) located 64 miles from the epicenter.
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