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Temblor Shakes Piedmont Monday Morning

The Bay Area was shaken at 5:33 this morning, Monday, by a 4.0-magnitude earthquake centered at Mira Vista Golf and Country Club in El Cerrito, the US Geological Survey said.

Many Bay Area residents got an early morning wake-up jolt today, Monday, at 5:33 when they were shaken by an earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 4.0 centered in El Cerrito.

A second, magnitude 2.0 quake at about the same location was recorded 30 minutes later, at 6:03 a.m.

Coordinates released by the U.S. Geological Survey place the epicenter at the  along the Hayward Fault, which runs through the East Bay hills.

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Within 45 minutes of the first temblor, El Cerrito police said they have had no reports of damage.

As often happens in moderate-sized quakes, BART trains were halted temporarily and service soon resumed.

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Responses sent to the USGS "Did you feel it?" Web page came from as far away as San Luis Obispo and Eureka.

Most responses from the 94611 ZIP code categorized the quake as "light."

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Bay City News contributed to this article.


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