Just 7 minutes ago, a 3.1-magnitude earthquake struck near East Foothills, Santa Clara County, California, USA. The tremor was recorded early morning on Thursday 7 January 2021 at 3:44 am local time, at a very shallow depth of 5.6 miles below the surface.
The event was filed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS), the first seismological agency to report it.
Towns or cities near the epicenter where the quake might have been felt as very weak shaking include East Foothills (pop. 8,300) located 4 miles from the epicenter, Alum Rock (pop. 15,500) 5 miles away, Milpitas (pop. 77,600) 7 miles away, San Jose (pop. 1,026,900) 9 miles away, Communications Hill (pop. 11,300) 11 miles away, Santa Clara (pop. 126,200) 11 miles away, Campbell (pop. 41,100) 14 miles away, Fremont (pop. 232,200) 15 miles away, and Sunnyvale (pop. 151,800) 15 miles away. In San Francisco (pop. 864,800, 43 miles away), the quake was probably not felt.