Temblor Shakes California near Oakland

October 15, 2009

An earthquake rattled parts of Alameda County in Northern California this week.

The U.S. Geological Survey says a quake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.7 hit around 8:27 p.m. Tuesday about three miles (five kilometers) south of Pleasanton, and about 33 miles (53 kilometers) southeast of Oakland.

A dispatcher with the Pleasanton Police Department said police had received numerous calls, but there were no reports or damage or injuries.

Topics California

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  • October 16, 2009 at 12:00 pm
    Not from around here, are you? says:
    Hey Wudchuck, I enjoy most of your thought out comments, but they have been known as temblors ever since I was a pup. Tremors are what people have after the temblor!
  • October 16, 2009 at 7:31 am
    wudchuck says:
    Temblor Shakes California near Oakland did we proofread this? should it not be TREMOR and not temblor? now, i just read that this means tremor or earthquake. so we have to use... read more

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