I'm in northern California so even though I didn't physically notice the quake I did notice my wife and I felt very irritated around the time of the quake because your body senses something is wrong often even if you aren't aware there is a quake going on. At this time it is common for dogs to run away from home too and this is one way you can know an earthquake is coming because it really upsets dogs a lot because they can sense the quake before it comes but likely don't know what it is.
However, many people in my area felt the quake that live near me here on the Northern California coast.
About 5.0 is where quakes start to become serious here in California. Above 5.0 people can die or have their cars thrown off roads and the like. Above 5 water sloshes out of swimming pools and people in them have to be careful not to be knocked unconscious on the edges of pools during an earthquake. So, if you see water sloshing out of your pool when you are in one just swim to the center of the pool and stay there so you aren't knocked out and drown. Then when the water settles down 5 or 10 minutes later usually you can safely exit the pool.
In a 6.0 or bigger there might not be a useful solution if you are in a pool when an earthquake hits.
Also, a quake like this is in response to the big 7.3 quake in Iran and Iraq. This kind of shift often happens when there is a big quake somewhere else on earth. The earth's crust has to adjust in many places to take up the slack of the changes.
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The U.S. Geological Survey says that the quake hit Monterey County, located south of San Francisco and San Jose.
Specifically, it hit 14 miles northeast of Gonzales and 22 miles east of Salinas, the agency said.
The quake was followed by aftershocks measuring 2.8 and 2.7 an hour later.
People said they could feel it.
According to the USGS website, people reported feeling it about 100 miles away from the epicenter.
The National Weather Service said that a tsunami was not expected.
It comes a day after a 7.3-magnitude earthquake hammered Iran and Iraq, killing at least 400 people on Sunday.
The earthquake was felt in several western provinces of Iran but the hardest hit province was Kermanshah, which announced three days of mourning. More than 236 of the victims were in Sarpol-e Zahab county in Kermanshah province, about 15 km (10 miles) from the Iraq border, Reuters reported.
The quake also triggered landslides that hindered rescue efforts, officials told state television. At least 14 provinces in Iran had been affected, Iranian media reported.
Iran’s Ayatollah Ali Khamenei offered his condolences on Monday, urging all government agencies to do all they could to help those affected.
The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake measured magnitude 7.3. An Iraqi meteorology official put its magnitude at 6.5 with the epicenter in Penjwin in Sulaimaniyah province in the Kurdistan region, close to the main border crossing with Iran.
Kurdish health officials said at least four people were killed in Iraq and at least 50 injured.
The quake was felt as far south as Baghdad, where many residents rushed from their houses and tall buildings when tremors shook the Iraqi capital.
Reuters contributed to this report.
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