October 2007 Alum Rock earthquake

According to the US Geological Survey, a regional moment magnitude 5.6 earthquake
hit San Francisco Bay Area's Alum Rock region of San Jose, California, on October 30,2007 at approximately 8:04:54 PM PDT at 37.432°N, 121.776°W.

The quake caused minor damage from Dublin, Marin, San Francisco, as well as nearby cities near the epicenter, such as Gilroy, Milpitas, Cupertino, and Fremont and was noticeable between San Francisco and as far into the East Bay as Livermore.

The earthquake destroyed control tower windows at the small regional Reid-Hillview Airport in San Jose. There were no reports of damage at the large Norman Y. Mineta San Jose International Airport (IATA: SJC, ICAO: KSJC, FAA LID: SJC). Wired telephone service had some isolated areas of temporary outages in the south bay and the media reported that cell phone networks in the region were overloaded with a sudden increase in calls in the half hour after the earthquake. There were several media reports that retail locations within 15 miles of the epicenter had items knocked off of shelves, and there was a report that some locations had some suspended ceiling tiles fall down.

There were no media-confirmed reports of serious injuries or minor injuries resulting from the earthquake.

On October 31, 2007 03:54:24PM PDT, a magnitude 3.7 aftershock was reported at N37.43 W121.78 Depth 7.6km. No major injuries or damage reported.

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