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3.9 magnitude earthquake strikes San Jose

Two minor earthquakes a few minutes apart shook farmland in the southern San Joaquin Valley and wilderness east of Silicon Valley.

The U.S. Geological Survey said a magnitude 3.8 temblor occurred 21 miles south of Bakersfield at 9:36 a.m. Monday.

It was followed at 9:39 a.m. by a magnitude 3.9 tremor centered 9 miles (15 kilometers) northeast of San Jose.

The epicenters were about 200 miles apart.

People in San Jose, Fremont, Santa Clara, Los Gatos and Santa Cruz reported feeling the 3.9 earthquake.

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