https://www.siliconvalley.com/2024/09/29/4-2-earthquake-sunday-was-largest-in-two-years-in-bay-area-region/ > A magnitude 4.2 earthquake centered near the Santa Cruz-Monterey county border woke residents up across the Bay Area early Sunday morning. > The earthquake, at 2:47 a.m., occurred along the San Andreas Fault at a depth of 4.2 miles in a rural area along Highway 129 about six miles east of Watsonville and seven miles south of Gilroy.