Multiple earthquakes shook California's Bay Area Thursday. They were recorded near Hayward, around 20 miles southeast of Oakland, the USGS reported.

Five minor earthquakes rocked California on Thursday, including two rumbles just minutes apart in the San Francisco Bay area, for a total of five tremblors in 24 hours in the Golden State. Two quakes of magnitude 3.

A series of small earthquakes hit near a Bay Area city on Thursday, with the most recent being a magnitude 3.7, according to the US Geological Survey.

An atmospheric river is expected to hit California later this week, bringing heavy rain and wind to much of the state.

Areas charred by last month's wildfires in Southern California now face a new threat from a powerful, but fast-moving Pacific storm. Here's what you need to know about this threat.