An earthquake registering magnitude 4.2 shook part of central California early Sunday, the United States Geological Survey reported. The earthquake was detected at 2:47 a.m. local time about 2 miles (3.

An early morning 4.2-magnitude earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay Area and the Monterey Bay area in California, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The 4-mile deep quake hit 2 miles from Aromas, about a 45-mile drive south from San Jose, at 2:47 a.m. Sunday, Sept. 29, according to the USGS.

Californians asleep at around 2:45 a.m. Sunday were rattled awake by a magnitude 4.2 earthquake centered near the Central Coast.

A magnitude 4.2 earthquake rocked areas south of San Francisco in California early Sunday morning. According to the United States Geological Survey, the earthquake was reported about 2 miles north-northwest of Aromas,