Small earthquake jiggles the coast


By on Tue, November 2, 2004

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The blue square shows the 3.6 magnitude earthquake. The yellow square on the coast is a magnitude 2.9 quake 6 miles SE of Half Moon Bay.

A magnitude 3.6 earthquake on the San Gregorio Fault hit Davenport Monday at 2:02pm. The San Gregorio fault, according to the Mercury News runs from the Golden Gate to Big Sur, mostly offshore, but touching land in Half Moon Bay and at Año Nuevo State Park.  The quake can be seen on this map, which also shows a 2.9 quake 6 miles SE of Half Moon Bay on Saturday.