Small temblor shakes Berkeley

December 23, 2011 6:15 am by Frances Dinkelspiel

A 2.7 magnitude earthquake shook Berkeley at 9:18 pm Thursday, with its epicenter in the Berkeley hills near Berkeley National Laboratory, according to the USGS.

The shaking was felt all over town.  @nmsanchez tweeted “Earthquake shook hard in West Berkeley.”

No damage has been reported.

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  • http://pulse.yahoo.com/_UTAORC2LANQF2ONEFJYXBSITTA bingo

    my kind of quake, if we must have them.  a happy roller, not like the startling rattlers we’ve seen this fall/winter, despite being of similar magnitude.

  • http://caviarcommunism.us West Bezerkeley

    Didn’t really “feel” it in my neighborhood, though it did sound like a freight truck accelerating down the street.