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Earthquake Rattles East Bay Thursday Afternoon
A quake measuring 3.3 was centered near Oakland on Thursday.
The U.S. Geological Survey has reported that an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.3 struck the East Bay on Thursday afternoon.
The quake shook an area near Oakland at 4:48 p.m., according to the USGS. The quake had a depth of 9.5 miles.
The latitude and longitude coordinates provided by the USGS (37.780°N, 122.205°W) place the epicenter of the tremor in Oakland just south of Interstate 580 near High Street, not far from Mills College.
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The quake comes just days after a centered near the Oakland Zoo rolled through the East Bay on Sunday.
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