Officials with the U.S. Geological Survey confirmed three small earthquakes with preliminary magnitudes ranging from 3.2 to 3.7 hit in the East Bay Thursday.

A magnitude 3.7 earthquake shook Hayward, Calif., just before 2 p.m. Thursday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The temblor followed two earlier earthquakes — and all three occurred about one mile east of the Northern California community, the agency said.

A preliminary magnitude 3.7 earthquake rattled the Bay Area on Thursday afternoon after a series of smaller quakes hours before in the same area, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The latest shake happened at 1:59 p.