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USGS Issues Emergency Alert to San Francisco Residents, Earthquake Detected

16:56 GMT, 18 October 2023
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SAN FRANCISCO (Sputnik) - The United States Geological Survey (USGS) issued an urgent emergency alert to residents of San Francisco on Wednesday after detecting an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.6 in Sacramento County.
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"An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.6 hit in Sacramento County Wednesday morning," the United States Geological Survey said.
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The USGS later downgraded the magnitude of the earthquake in the San Francisco area to 4.1.
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