Another earthquake [2.5] rattles Berkeley

It struck last evening at 8:40, with an epicenter on Alvarado Road less than a quarter-mile east of the Claremont Hotel.

Here the scoop from the quake’s U.S. Geological Survey web page:

Magnitude	2.5
Date-Time	Thursday, July 05, 2012 at 03:40:35 UTC Wednesday, July 04, 2012 at 08:40:35 PM at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location	37.860°N, 122.239°W
Depth	9.6 km (6.0 miles)
Region	SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA, CALIFORNIA
Distances	3 km (2 miles) ESE (113°) from Berkeley, CA 4 km (3 miles) N (351°) from Piedmont, CA 5 km (3 miles) ENE (58°) from Emeryville, CA 7 km (4 miles) N (352°) from Oakland, CA
Location Uncertainty	horizontal +/- 0.2 km (0.1 miles); depth +/- 0.3 km (0.2 miles)
Parameters	Nph= 62, Dmin=2 km, Rmss=0.13 sec, Gp= 22°, M-type=duration magnitude (Md), Version=1
Source	California Integrated Seismic Net: USGS Caltech CGS UCB UCSD UNR
Event ID	nc71811121

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