3.4 earthquake jolts the San Francisco Bay area
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From Times Staff and Wire Reports
A minor earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay area Friday afternoon.
The magnitude 3.4 temblor struck on the Hayward fault about 2 miles southeast of Berkeley at 3:46 p.m., according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The jolt was felt in downtown San Francisco and throughout the Bay Area, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injury.
Bay Area Rapid Transit trains were stopped for about five minutes for inspection as a precaution. No trains or stations were damaged.
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