Magnitude 3.9 earthquake tops off series of quakes near Hollister
A magnitude-3.9 earthquake rattled the area near Hollister on Tuesday morning, hours after two other earthquakes shook the area, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The quake occurred at about 8:21 a.m., according to the USGS. It was about 14 miles from Hollister and 12.5 miles northwest of Pinnacles.
People in the San Jose, Santa Cruz, Monterey and Salinas areas reported feeling the quake, according to the USGS. No injuries or damage have been reported so far.
At 2:34 a.m., a magnitude-3.5 earthquake shook in the same area, the USGS reported. That quake was about 14 miles from Hollister and 12 miles from Pinnacles, according to the USGS.
Most of the people who reported feeling the quake were in the Hollister, Salinas and Monterey areas, the USGS said.
Less than 10 minutes later, at 2:42 a.m., a magnitude-3.2 earthquake was reported in the same area, according to the USGS. Most of the people who felt the second quake were in the Hollister area.
The earthquakes occurred a day after a magnitude-3.7 quake near Los Banos rattled Central California and two weeks after a series of temblors rattled Central and Northern California.
This story was originally published October 29, 2019 at 7:33 AM with the headline "Magnitude 3.9 earthquake tops off series of quakes near Hollister."
