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Feel It? Mild Quake By Berkeley Lab

The U.S. Geological Survey said the earthquake registered 2.7 on the Richter magnitude scale.

Posted Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 3:16 am PT|Updated Fri, Dec 23, 2011 at 3:19 am PT

A small earthquake shook east Berkeley at 9:18 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

As of 10:14 p.m., the report had not been reviewed by a seismologist.

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The epicenter of the quake was reported beneath Chu Road, just west of the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

It had a reported quake depth of 6.2 miles.

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