CONCORD, CALIFORNIA (BNO NEWS) -- A minor earthquake rattled the San Francisco Bay Area on early Tuesday evening, seismologists said, but no damage or casualties were reported.

The 3.2-magnitude earthquake at 6.26 p.m. PDT (0126 GMT) was centered about 2 miles (4 kilometers) northwest of Concord, a city in Contra Costa County, or about 50 miles (80 kilometers) southwest of Sacramento. It struck about 9.6 miles (15.5 kilometers) deep, making it a shallow earthquake, according to the California Integrated Seismic Network.

No damage was reported after the small tremor.

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