Small earthquakes strike near Santa Rosa, San Jose

An earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 4.1 struck near San Jose on Monday, Oct. 9. An earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 4.1 struck near San Jose on Monday, Oct. 9. Photo: USGS Photo: USGS Image 1 of / 4 Caption Close Small earthquakes strike near Santa Rosa, San Jose 1 / 4 Back to Gallery

The United States Geological Survey reports a preliminary magnitude 4.1 earthquake struck near Alum Rock, California on Monday.

The quake hit at 4:53 PM local time at a depth of 7 kilometers.

Residents as far away as San Francisco reported feeling the quake.

Between the seismic activity and a litany of wildfires still burning in wine country, Monday was a dramatic day for Northern Californian weather. Locals took to Twitter to vent their fear and disbelief.

That 4.4 earthquake rocked our house pretty hard for about 10 secs here in the Blossom Valley area in San Jose. Biggest I've felt in years. — Don Nguyen (@RecklessIsHe) October 10, 2017

You know mama nature is NOT happy if she shakes and bakes you at the same time #earthquake #cafire — Lauren (@Laurenpkat) October 10, 2017

first all these fires and now i just felt an earthquake??? like can u calm down california thanks — dom (@nikkkaay) October 10, 2017

The United States Geological Survey also reports a preliminary magnitude 2.9 earthquake struck near Kenwood — located near Santa Rosa — on Monday.

The quake hit at 7:16 PM local time at a depth of 6 kilometers.

There was no initial word on damage or injury resulting from the quakes. More information on this earthquake is available on the USGS event page, and you can see more USGS quake alerts, report feeling earthquake activity and tour interactive fault maps in the earthquake section.