A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck rural Northern California on Wednesday morning, and people more than 150 miles away felt the ground move.
The quake hit Mendocino County at 8:10 a.m. about halfway between Willits and Ukiah, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. Elizabeth Cochran, a USGS seismologist, said a quake that size produces strong shaking near its source, but its seismic waves travel far.
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Reports of shaking came in from near Eureka in the north to the northern Bay Area and east to the California-Nevada border — and, according to the USGS, as far south as San José and Sacramento.
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