The 1984 Morgan Hill Earthquake (also Halls Valley Earthquake) was a magnitude 6.2 earthquake that occurred on April 24, 1984 at 1:15 p.m. local time, in the south San Francisco Bay Area, California. The epicenter of the quake was located near Mount Hamilton in the Diablo Range of the California Coast Ranges, although nearby communities, including Morgan Hill, sustained serious damage. Damages from the earthquake totaled US$7 million, not taking into account damages to high-tech industrial facilities.[2]