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Sept. 22 (UPI) -- A magnitude 4.3 earthquake hit Berkeley, Calif., early Monday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey.

The quake, which struck at 2:56 a.m. PDT , initially had a magnitude of 4.6, and its epicenter was just a few blocks from the University of California, Berkeley campus. It's depth was about 4.8 miles.

More than 21,000 people reported having felt it on the USGS site within the first hour. Berkeley and Oakland felt it the strongest, and San Francisco and Vallejo felt it slightly less. Reports from people in Salinas and Stockton said residents felt it there, too.

So far, there are no reports of injuries or damage.

USGS Seismologist Sarah Minson said this is what they consider a small earthquake even though it woke peopl

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