A 4.7-magnitude earthquake has shaken the San Francisco Bay Area in the early hours of this morning.

The tremor, recorded at 2.56 am (10.56 am UK time), was centered just a few blocks from the UC Berkeley campus in the Berkeley area.

A tsunami is so far not expected, the US National Tsunami Warning Center confirmed.

The San Francisco fire department said that currently, there are no reports of damage or injuries in the city of almost 900,000 residents.

People took to social media to report the ‘strong jolt’, describing the shake as ‘scary’.

San Francisco is highly prone to earthquakes as it sits on the boundary of tectonic plates.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) estimates a high probability of a major earthquake (magnitude 6.7 or greater) in the Bay Area in the coming decade.

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