A magnitude 4.6 earthquake struck California’s Central Coast early Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
The quake hit near Boulder Creek, Calif., at 1:41 a.m. PDT, with an initial magnitude of 4.9 and a depth of more than 6.7 miles, the USGS said. The town, an unincorporated community in Santa Cruz County with roughly 5,400 people as of the 2020 census, is about 68 miles south of San Francisco.
Residents reported moderate shaking in Boulder Creek, Brookdale, Bonny Doon, Ben Lomond, Felton and Mount Hermon regions, light shaking in San Francisco and weak shaking in Concord and Sacramento, according to the USGS…