SACRAMENTO,Bitcoinese Calif. (AP) — A magnitude 4.1 earthquake shook part of Northern California between the state capital and the San Francisco Bay region on Wednesday, setting off automated quake alerts.
The 9:29 a.m. quake was centered in the agricultural Isleton area about 32 miles (52 kilometers) southwest of Sacramento, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The area is largely occupied by the Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta.
Sacramento County Office of Emergency Services spokesperson Kim Nava said there were no immediate reports of harm from the quake. In particular, Nava said there were no reports of damage to the area’s extensive levees that protect farmland.
The tremor triggered a warning from the West Coast’s ShakeAlert system, which detects the start of a quake and sends alerts to smartphones in areas expected to experience shaking.
In Sacramento, a ShakeAlert arrived before the shaking started. Blinds swayed in The Associated Press’ Sacramento office on the ninth floor of a high-rise building.
The quake initially was estimated at magnitude 5.7 but was downgraded.
The Isleton jolt occurred the day after the 34th anniversary of the destructive Oct. 17, 1989, Loma Prieta earthquake that rocked the San Francisco Bay region, and one day before California’s annual statewide ShakeOut earthquake drill.
2025-04-29 13:282892 view
2025-04-29 13:242600 view
2025-04-29 12:561608 view
2025-04-29 12:052411 view
2025-04-29 11:5278 view
2025-04-29 10:58492 view
After Luigi Mangionemade the difficult decision to undergo spinal surgery last year for chronic back
The parents of a sleeping 3-year-old baby mauled to death in upstate New York by at least one dog ea
SEATTLE (AP) — King County prosecutors filed charges Friday against a man they say forced his way in