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	Podcast:		The Leap
	Episode:		Early Morning Earthquake Cluster Rattles Gilroy and the Bay Area
	Category:		Society & Culture
	Duration:		00:00:00
	Publish Date:		2025-11-26 17:37:27
	Description:		The South Bay was rattled by a cluster of small earthquakes Wednesday morning, according to data from the U.S. Geological Survey. A magnitude 4.0 quake hit just east of Gilroy at 6:16 a.m., and it was followed within minutes by two smaller tremors. At 6:18 a.m., a magnitude 2.7 aftershock hit less than a mile from the epicenter of the first, and at 6:20 a.m., a magnitude 3.6 quake struck slightly south. The shaking appears to have been centered in San José and throughout the South Bay, with light to moderate shaking closest to the epicenter of the largest quake, though people as far north as Antioch and south as San Lucas reported feeling the quake. No reports of damage were immediately available. According to the USGS, the Cavaleras Fault likely produced the earthquakes. The last large quake recorded on the slip-strike fault was a magnitude 6.2 quake that jolted Morgan Hill in 1984. Cavaleras is believed to have about an 11% chance of producing a larger quake by 2033. The odds that Wednesday’s cluster of quakes is a precursor to a much bigger one are low — USGS data shows there is about a 14% chance of another one above magnitude 3.0, and those odds drop to 2% for a magnitude 4.0 or higher quake.
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