The Berkeley area has been hit by 16 earthquakes in the last three days, all probably caused by movement on the San Francisco Bay Area's dangerous Hayward fault.
The quake series began Thursday with a 4.0 temblor. It was followed by 15 aftershocks, the largest registering 3.8.
Residents reported feeling at least three of the temblors. The first quake was large enough to cause some items to fall from shelves in homes near the Berkeley epicenter, and some plaster fell from the ceiling of a business in Oakland,
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