Photo: USGS
A 4.3-magnitude earthquake was reported in California on Monday (September 22), according to the United States Geological Survey.
The earthquake was centered in Berkeley nearby the University of California Campus with a depth of 7.8 kilometers (about five miles) at around 2:56 a.m. local time, according to SFGate.com. The USGS said it received 22,110 reports of people having felt the earthquake at the time of publication Monday morning.
Several Bay Area cities were reported to have felt the earthquake ranging as far north as Santa Rosa and as far south as Stockton. The temblor's epicenter was reported to be within blocks of the eastern side of the University of California's campus, including California Memorial Stadium, with Berkeley Seismological Laboratory researcher Horst Rademacher once acknowledging that "UC Berkeley is the only major university in the world that has a dangerous earthquake fault running through its campus" while discussing the Hayward Fault during a walking tour in 2017.
No immediate injuries or major damage were reported in relation to the earthquake on Monday. The National Weather Service Tsunami Alerts' X account confirmed that a tsunami was not expected.
It wasn't immediately clear which fault was responsible for the earthquake at the time of publication Monday morning. Small aftershocks are possible within the region.