earthquake.jpgTwo earthquakes struck the Bay Area early this morning, one in Sonoma County, the other near San Jose.

The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 2.5 struck area seven miles east-southeast of San Jose at 1:31 AM Thursday morning.

They say that the quake had a depth of 5.0 miles.

Then, at 4:11 AM, the USGS says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 2.9 rattled an area two miles east of The Geysers, in Sonoma County. The tremor had a depth of 1.1 miles, according to the USGS.

Bay City News contributed significantly to this report

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Eve Batey is the editor and publisher of the San Francisco Appeal. She used to be the San Francisco Chronicle's Deputy Managing Editor for Online, and started at the Chronicle as their blogging and interactive editor. Before that, she was a co-founding writer and the lead editor of SFist. She's been in the city since 1997, presently living in the Outer Sunset with her husband, cat, and dog. You can reach Eve at eve@sfappeal.com.

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