Magnitude 3.6 Earthquake Jolts San Francisco Bay Area

Magnitude 3.6 Earthquake Jolts San Francisco Bay Area
Tents from a COVID-19 testing site sit in front of the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge in San Francisco, Calif., on Nov. 16, 2020. Jeff Chiu/AP Photo
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SAN FRANCISCO—A magnitude 3.6 earthquake has jolted the San Francisco Bay Area on the last day of 2020.

The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake struck around 5:40 a.m. Thursday roughly 10 miles (16 kilometers) east of San Francisco at a depth of about 9 miles (14 kilometers).