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Witness location : Concord (USA) (0 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 1 min

Hit and rattle

Witness location : Concord (USA) (1 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 68 min

This is just the  tip of the "quake berg"  the  Im sure America will  feel the effects of  à Big  one really soon. This was only  4.0. Don't head for the Hills ,  head  into the Hands Of God. Believe  Believe

Witness location : Concord (USA) (1 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 15 min

House creaked and mild shaking.

Witness location : Pleasant Hill (USA) (3 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 21 min

It woke me and my cat from a nap, shaking my apartment on 2nd floor.

Witness location : Pleasant Hill (USA) (3 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Hard jolt, then small shakes.  Over in a few minutes.

Witness location : Pacheco (USA) (4 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Quick little shake. Surprised I even noticed it.

Witness location : Martinez (USA) (5 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

Heard it coming. Thought I felt a pressure change. Then one wave of movement. Was only a momet if movement.

Witness location : Walnut Creek (USA) (7 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

I just felt a good shake.

Witness location : Walnut Creek (USA) (7 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

Definitely a good shake lasting + or - 10 seconds

Witness location : Walnut Creek (USA) (7 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

It was a single firm jolt. We are on a large sandstone deposit that usually doesn't shake as hard as surrounding areas

Witness location : Martinez (USA) (9 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 23 min

It was very quick, maybe .5 sec. Small jolt.

Witness location : Martinez (USA) (9 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

It was very quick, maybe .5 sec. Small jolt.

Witness location : Walnut Creek (USA) (9 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

Felt a jolt and the building moved and window rattled. No aftershocks. On second floor.

Witness location : Walnut Creek (USA) (10 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Felt a bit like how Loma Prieta felt to me (when I felt it while at UC Davis)... sort of rolly, rumbly, not sharp motions. But pretty damn strong.

Witness location : Walnut Creek (USA) (10 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 10 min

Felt a bit like how Loma Prieta felt to me (when I felt it while at UC Davis)... sort of rolly, rumbly, not sharp motions. But pretty damn strong.

Witness location : Martinez (USA) (10 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Just a quick shock

Witness location : Benicia (USA) (13 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

We were sitting in the front room watching TV.

Witness location : Pittsburg (USA) (15 km NE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Just felt a small jolt.  3 of us in the house, I was the only one who felt it.  My chair moved and I heard the house creak.

Witness location : Danville (USA) (16 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Short and quick

Witness location : Danville (USA) (17 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Quick short jolt

Witness location : Danville (USA) (19 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

small shaking a few seconds

Witness location : Antioch (USA) (21 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Slightly rocked Antioch, ca. Noticed it no damage

Witness location : Kensington (USA) (22 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

Just a quick, very short, bump.

Witness location : Kensington (USA) (23 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Just a jolt through the floor and a creak in the doorframe.

Witness location : El Sobrante (USA) (23 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2023 min

I heard and felt a big swift jolt . I said we just had a n earth quake! Other people in the house that were standing heard it but didn't feel it. I was in el sobrante. Ca..

Witness location : Antioch (USA) (24 km E from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 9 min

There was one quick jolt, lasting no more than 2 seconds. The house shook once in an upward direction. The rafters in the ceiling and the windows made cracking sounds. No apparent damage.

Witness location : Oakland (USA) (24 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

I felt a jolt and then shaking for about 2 seconds.

Witness location : Richmond (USA) (24 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 7 min

I felt it sitting. Those standing did not.

Witness location : Oakland (USA) (26 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

Short and pretty small, almost thought it was a truck driving by.

Witness location : Vallejo (USA) (26 km NW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Slight movement of household object such as table lamp. Quick side to side motion felt.

Witness location : Oakland (USA) (27 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Seemed to be a large bump at about 3:13PM Near the Oakland CA, coliseum.

Witness location : Oakland (USA) (27 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

I was laying in bed and felt the whole bed and saw the room move side to side

Witness location : Oakland (USA) (27 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 11 min

A rather large jolt that startled the pets in my apartment near the coliseum.

Witness location : San Leandro (USA) (30 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 5 min

It was just a quick shaking and then it stopped.

Witness location : Dublin (USA) (30 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 6 min

Was laying on bed, felt just a one second movement. A mild one.

Witness location : Dublin (USA) (33 km SE from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

It was a big jolt!

Witness location : Hayward (USA) (33 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

Less than 5 seconds.

Witness location : Hayward (USA) (34 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 12 min

No

Witness location : San Francisco (USA) (39 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 14 min

My husband and I felt the earthquake the hold house was shaking.

Witness location : San Rafael (USA) (40 km W from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 434 min

Not sure it was an earthquake but it felt like one. I was on the 3rd floor and I kept feeling a slight swaying motion underneath my feet. Been in earthquakes before and this swaying feeling brought back those memories.

Witness location : Union City (USA) (42 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 4 min

I just felt a a slight rumble like the whole complex was vibrating a little bit for two seconds then it stopped.

Witness location : South San Francisco (USA) (49 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 3 min

A couple seconds of shaking.

Witness location : Millbrae (USA) (52 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 19 min

Felt a quick jolt no noise

Witness location : San Mateo (USA) (54 km SW from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 13 min

Very light jolt. I heard my porcelain vase was wobbling in the glass cabinet for about 5 seconds.  It stopped.

Witness location : Mountain View (USA) (63 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 2 min

Felt a small jolt in one direction, while lying on couch.

Witness location : San Jose (USA) (71 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 24 min

Felt jolting for about a second and apartment walls creaking

Witness location : Pescadero (USA) (89 km S from epicenter)

Time : T0+ 8 min

Light shaking in house. My daughter watching cartoons didn't notice it