File photo. A seismograph machine needle drawing a line depicting seismic and earthquake activity.
A preliminary 2.8 magnitude earthquake struck Friday morning in the East Bay, near El Cerrito, according to the United States Geological Survey.
The quake, centered about within a mile of El Cerrito, shook at 9:44 a.m., the USGS said.
No other information was immediately available. Updates to come.
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