5.1-Magnitude Earthquake Jolts Bay Area

A magnitude 5.1 earthquake rattled the San Francisco Bay Area on Tuesday, causing delays of some commuter trains.

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Lucy Jones, a veteran California seismologist, instructed KNTV-TV that the quake occurred on the Calaveras fault

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It was the most important earthquake in the Bay Area

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“We had a frame within the residence fall, the entirety turned into shaking but as soon as it stopped, there was no harm,” he stated.

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People reported feeling the quake as far south because the scenic Big Sur coast, 75 miles (120 kilometers)

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A 3.1 aftershock observed approximately five mins later, in keeping with the U.S. Geological Survey.

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