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Shallow Earthquake Strikes Berkeley Along Hayward Fault

BERKELEY (CBS SF) -- The U.S. Geological Survey reported a 2.5-magnitude earthquake Thursday morning in the East Bay.

The tremor was recorded at 7:42 a.m. in Berkeley at an estimated depth of 3.65 miles, according to the USGS.

There were no immediate reports of damage.

Tom Brocher, a research geophysicist with the USGS, said the reality is a major quake is expected on the on the Hayward-Rodgers Creek Fault system in the near future.

"The past five major earthquakes on the fault have been about 140 years apart, and now we're 147 years from that 1868 earthquake, so we definitely feel that could happen any time," Brocher said.

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