The earthquake was centered in Petrolia at a depth of 4.4 kilometers (about 2.7 miles). The USGS said it received one report of people having felt the earthquake at the time of pu ...

California was hit by an earthquake Friday as the state battled deadly wildfires earlier this week. A 3.7 magnitude quake was detected near the San Francisco Bay area around 7:02am PT.

You can’t predict it and there’s no reason to predict there’s going to be anything worse,” one geosciences professor said.