Berkeley was hit by a small earthquake Friday afternoon, with an epicenter near Sather Tower on the UC Berkeley campus, according to preliminary data from the U.S. Geological Survey.
The 1.2 magnitude earthquake hit at 4:49 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The coordinates provided by the agency put the epicenter adjacent to Birge Hall, just east of Sather Tower.
The Hayward Fault runs underneath the UC Berkeley campus.
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Soumya Karlamangla is the city news editor.
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The stadium ‘renovation’ project – really a total rebuild – is disturbing the fault.
Soon enough the big quake will rape this campus!
Crawling Chaos, underground
cult has summoned, twisted sound
out from ruins once possessed
fallen city, living death.
Don’t give up your day job, Shakespeare.