San Francisco residents have been shaken awake by a 4.6 magnitude earthquake which rocked the Bay Area in the early hours of Monday morning.
The natural disaster struck at 2.56am for around four minutes at a depth of 7.8 kilometers (4.8 miles) close to the UC Berkeley campus.
Alicia Yandell Hamilton, who lives within the quake zone, told the Daily Mail the earthquake was so strong it woke her kids up.
'I live about 11 miles from the epicenter and it was a huge jolt,' she said. 'It was the first time an earthquake has woken my children up.'
Another longtime resident, who did not want to be named, said she felt the quake from Oakland and the shudders scared her pet.
'I felt the tremors. They were short and brief,' she told the Daily Mail, adding that she has experienced several earthquakes in the area before.
A third Bay Area local said their apartment shook from the force of the quake.
'I was sitting on my recliner and the tower I live in was undulating a good while,' they wrote on X. 'I'm on the second floor, those on the twelfth most likely swayed more.'
The epicenter appeared to be near the UC Berkeley campus
A green alert was issued for shaking-related fatalities and economic losses. A tsunami was not expected.
Worryingly, Geological Survey experts say that after a small earthquake, there is a five percent chance of a larger one striking within three days.
The quake occurred along the Hayward fault line, ABC7 news reported, just days after a minor 3.5 magnitude tremor rocked the Bay Area last Monday.
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