{"id":248394,"date":"2026-04-02T12:41:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/248394\/"},"modified":"2026-04-02T12:41:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-02T12:41:20","slug":"4-6-magnitude-earthquake-shakes-santa-cruz-county-nbc-bay-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/248394\/","title":{"rendered":"4.6 magnitude earthquake shakes Santa Cruz County \u2013 NBC Bay Area"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A 4.6 magnitude earthquake shook Santa Cruz County early Thursday morning, according to the <a href=\"https:\/\/earthquake.usgs.gov\/earthquakes\/eventpage\/nc75337442\/executive\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">United States Geological Survey.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The earthquake was initially registered with a magnitude of 4.9 but was downgraded to magnitude 4.6 shortly after 2:45 a.m. It initially hit at around 1:40 a.m. and was centered in the Boulder Creek area of the Santa Cruz Mountains, according to the USGS.<\/p>\n<p>The earthquake was also felt in the South Bay, including parts of San Jose, Los Gatos, and Santa Clara, as well as in other regions of the Bay Area.<\/p>\n<p>The quake is believed to have originated just west of the San Andreas Fault.<\/p>\n<p>As of 5:00 a.m., no aftershocks have been reported in the area. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/news\/local\/earthquakes\/san-francisco-bay-area-earthquake-tracker\/3003104\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">You can track the latest earthquake activity via our real-time quake tracker here<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>There have been no reports of damage. <\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CAL FIRE CZU enacted its earthquake procedure and inspected all buildings. No damage has been detected.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 CAL FIRE CZU (@CALFIRECZU) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CALFIRECZU\/status\/2039632022076035415?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">April 2, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a developing story. Details may change as more information becomes available. Stay tuned for updates.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/news\/local\/bay-area-quake-central\/3100957\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/quake-central-BUTTON3-1.jpg\" width=\"600\" alt=\"\"\/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/news\/local\/bay-area-quake-central\/3100957\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><br \/>BAY AREA QUAKE CENTRAL<\/a><br \/>You can take steps to plan and prepare for the next big one. Access our <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/news\/local\/earthquakes\/san-francisco-bay-area-earthquake-tracker\/3003104\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Bay Area Quake Tracker<\/a>, the latest earthquake stories, extensive quake prep checklists, videos and many other disaster preparedness resources all in one place: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcbayarea.com\/news\/local\/bay-area-quake-central\/3100957\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">NBCBAYAREA.COM\/QUAKES<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe 4.6 quake that struck Santa Cruz County in the early morning Thursday hours awoke many across different parts of the Bay Area.\u00a0\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tAre you prepared for the next big one?\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A 4.6 magnitude earthquake shook Santa Cruz County early Thursday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":248395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[3934,88,90,89],"class_list":{"0":"post-248394","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-san-jose","8":"tag-earthquakes","9":"tag-san-jose","10":"tag-san-jose-headlines","11":"tag-san-jose-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248394","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=248394"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/248394\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/248395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=248394"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=248394"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=248394"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}