An earthquake with a magnitude of 4.4 struck in Monterey County on Tuesday morning, after being downgraded from 4.9, according to the United States Geological Survey.
The epicenter hit about 5:20 a.m., 17 miles north of King City, and 19 miles east of Soledad.
The National Weather Service tweeted the quake was "felt here at the office in Monterey." Fred Sampson tweeted he felt the earthquake in Aptos, and Denica Lorax De Foy tweeted her walls shook in Prunedale. Someone at Liberty Tax in Hayward tweeted the windows in the office popped.
Lucy Fuentes and Nicole Rhaven wrote on NBC Bay Area's Facebook page that they felt light shaking in Gilroy and Felton. Carol Witter wrote she felt it in Santa Cruz, and Kim Bickmore said it was "rolling good" in Hollister. "Everything was swaying for at least 10 seconds or more."
