Earthquake Hits the Bay Area Thursday Morning

This morning (October 27, 2011), at 5:36 AM local time, an earthquake struck the San Francisco Bay Area along the Hayward Fault. Preliminary data shows the earthquake occurring at 37.873°N, 122.251°W – right along California Memorial Stadium – at a depth of 6 miles with a magnitude of 3.6.

Earthquakes have been more noticeable the past few weeks, especially on October 20 when the Bay Area was struck by four earthquakes in one day.