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emilepetrone
Felt it in North Beach!
nihaar
Ditto in downtown SF. The whole building wobbled.
shaddi
Same here in Berkeley.
beoba
In berk; I thought someone was shaking my chair to get my attention (had headphones on).
paradox95
I am in Mountain View and no one in my office felt it.
trunnell
Same here, I didn't feel it in Los Gatos.
Mz
Um, 4.1 isn't really all that big. There was a 5.something when I was in the Bay Area and a 7.something when I was in Southern Cali. 4.1 was like an aftershock of those two.

Any damage? I think that would be more of a concern than the number on the Richter scale and damage isn't necessarily proportional to that number. Other factors come into play. (Wasn't much with the 7.something. It was probably the least damaging large earthquake ever.)

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mechanical_fish
Magnitude 4.1. About 0.01% of the big 1906 quake (magnitude 7.9), 0.1% of the Loma Prieta quake in 1989 (magnitude 7.1).

Sounds like a nice cautionary earthquake. Bolt your shelves to the walls, and store some reserve drinking water.