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Magnitude 3.4 Quake Hits Sonoma County

SONOMA COUNTY (CBS / AP) -- No damage has been reported after an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 3.4 rattled a rural area of Sonoma County.

The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake hit at 9:21 p.m. Thursday about 26 miles north of Santa Rosa, or about 75 miles north of San Francisco.

A Santa Rosa police dispatcher said police had no calls about the quake.

The area where the earthquake hit is near the Geysers geothermal development, a complex of 22 geothermal power plants in the Mayacamas Mountains.

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