3.7 preliminary magnitude quake hits Piedmont, California
PIEDMONT, Calif. (AP) — The U.S. Geological Survey says a 3.7 preliminary magnitude earthquake rattled the small city of Piedmont in northern California.
The USGS says the tremor happened Wednesday at 4:42 a.m. PST.
The impacts of the earthquake were not immediately known. Earthquakes with a magnitude between 2.5 and 3 are the smallest tremors felt by people.
Piedmont is a city of roughly 10,000 people next to Oakland.