Wed 31 Oct 2007
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake centered in the foothills east of San Jose rocked the Bay Area on Tuesday night, shaking up residents over a broad area but producing no immediate reports of significant damage, officials said reports the Los Angeles Times.
Residents said the quake, which was characterized as moderate but still one of the biggest in the Bay Area since the damaging 6.9-magnitude Loma Prieta quake of 1989, produced a rolling motion that lasted 10 seconds or more.
“There’s a phone line down here and there, is what we’re hearing initially,” said Sgt. Don Morrissey of the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office, about an hour after the quake was reported at 8:04 p.m.
Read it here: Quake near San Jose
