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Light quake shakes San Francisco Bay Area

No injuries or damage immediately reported in 4.4 temblor

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updated 4:25 a.m. ET Aug. 3, 2006

GLEN ELLEN, Calif. - A magnitude 4.4 earthquake shook the San Francisco Bay Area Wednesday night, but no injuries or damage were immediately reported.

The quake struck just after 8 p.m. in Sonoma County, about 42 miles northwest of San Francisco, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

No one was hurt and there were no initial damage reports, according to a Sonoma County sheriff's dispatcher.


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