PAICINES — An earthquake registering 4.7 magnitude shook beneath this San Benito County town, the U.S. Geological Survey said Tuesday.

The quake hit at 12:42 p.m. south-southeast of Hollister, at a depth of just under 6 miles. The region regularly sees seismic activity, logging a 3.6 magnitude quake this April and a 3.8 magnitude quake just last month.

According to USGS data, Tuesday’s quake was the second-strongest of five felt in the area since 2011, not surpassing the 5.3 magnitude quake Oct. 20, 2012 west-northest of Lonoak in Monterey County, but surpassing 4.6 magnitude quakes Aug. 27, 2011 and Nov. 13, 2017 south-southwest of Paicines and a 4.5 quake Jan. 12, 2011 northeast of Salinas.

It was felt broadly across Northern California, with many Bay Area residents still talking about Monday night’s 4.5 quake in the East Bay noticing it as well.

Monterey County, yes we felt the earthquake. #cawx — NWS Bay Area (@NWSBayArea) October 15, 2019

People as far north as #SF, Napa and Richmond report feeing the 4.8 #quake near Hollister/Salinas at 12:42pm. #breaking pic.twitter.com/w1KbO5IsGs — Kristen Sze ABC7 (@abc7kristensze) October 15, 2019

4.8 quake in #Hollister along #SanAndreas fault. Saw it happen while deep underground in a UC Berkeley seismology station. #abc7now pic.twitter.com/zADrx8JwcV — Wayne Freedman (@WayneFreedman) October 15, 2019

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Grim milestone in Santa Cruz County: CZU fire more destructive than Loma Prieta earthquake In tweets, seismologist Lucy Jones said Tuesday’s quake was too far from Monday’s quake to be connected.

“When we look for patterns between quakes at long distances, we see triggering for ~3x length of the fault. The fault length in a M4.5 is less than 1 km,” Jones said.

She added that the quake “is at the ‘creeping section of the San Andreas fault’. It historically has many M4-5 quakes and creeps without quakes. It is not accumulating strain like other parts of the San Andreas.”

Today's M4.8 near Hollister is too far from yesterday's M4.5 to be connected. When we look for patterns between quakes at long distances, we see triggering for ~3x length of the fault. The fault length in a M4.5 is less than 1 km. — Dr. Lucy Jones (@DrLucyJones) October 15, 2019

Today's M4.8 near Hollister is at the "creeping section of the San Andreas fault". It historically has many M4-5 quakes and creeps without quakes. It is not accumulating strain like other parts of the San Andreas. — Dr. Lucy Jones (@DrLucyJones) October 15, 2019

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Staff writer E. Paul Baca contributed to this report. Contact George Kelly at 408-859-5180.