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BART Delays Trains Systemwide After East Bay Earthquake

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BART officials doubled their estimate of system-wide delays commuters should expect Thursday morning to 20 minutes, due to a 4.1 magnitude earthquake that hit in Suisun Bay just off the coast of Wheeler Island in Solano County early Thursday.

At 5:27 a.m., BART officials announced residual delays of 10 minutes systemwide as crews conducted track inspections.

At 5:40 a.m., BART officials raised that estimate of delays to 20 minutes.

The quake struck at 5:07 a.m. and was centered 3.6 miles north of Bay Point at a depth of 12 miles.

There have been no reports of injuries.

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