Small Quake Near The Geysers Rattles Sonoma County
HEALDSBURG (CBS SF) -- The U.S. Geological Survey reported a 3.8 magnitude earthquake in Sonoma County Thursday evening.
The earthquake was reported around 8:30 p.m. northwest of the Geysers, a geothermal field in the Mayacamas Mountains, east of Cloverdale and northeast of Healdsburg.
Police and fire dispatchers in Healdsburg said that as of around 8:50 p.m., no one had reported any incidents related to the quake.
The same was true with a police dispatcher in Cloverdale and a dispatcher with the Sonoma County Fire and Emergency Services Department.
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