3.2M Earthquake Strikes Near San Jose

An earthquake with a magnitude of 3.2 struck 11 miles east of San Jose on Wednesday.

There were no immediate reports of injury or damage. A few people said they felt it: Tiffany Hill wrote on Facebook that her cat ran under the counch in Fremont; Haydee Enoveso said she felt a jolt by Silver Creek in San Jose; and someone tweeted that he felt it at San Jose State University.

The US Geological Survey reported the quake at 8:26 a.m. seven miles east of the Alum Rock neighborhood at Joseph D. Grant County Park.

Since Tuesday at the same time, there were 25 other quakes in the Bay Area. Most were centered south of San Jose near the Ventana Wilderness and registered either a 1 or 2 on the Richter scale.

The San Jose quake was the largest of the cluster.

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