The Shake Alert seismology team said they are now working to review the data, but that it appears the faulty alert might've ...

Residents in Nevada woke up to a shocking 5.9 magnitude earthquake alert, but after the panic settled, the whole thing turned ...

The United States Geological Survey quickly deleted the alert, saying it had been sent in error. “This isn’t a good look,” ...

A shake alert went out over the U.S. Geological Survey's early warning system on Dec. 4, warning that a 5.9 earthquake near Carson City in western Nevada could produce heavy shaking in the region. But ...

A notification about a magnitude-5.9 earthquake in western Nevada near the California border was a false alert, the USGS said ...

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 hit in Nevada on Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Many residents in Northern California got a MyShake alert Thursday morning about a 5.9 earthquake in western Nevada, but it ...

“ShakeAlert confirms that the earthquake alerts that were delivered at 8:06am are cancelled,” the USGS ShakeAlert account on ...

Nevada Seismological Lab says today’s widespread quake alerts were a false ShakeAlert activation. No earthquake occurred, and Nevada’s system detected no activity.

The United States Geological Survey reports a 5.9 earthquake hit about 4 miles east of Dayton at 8:06 a.m.

The United States Geological Survey put out a false alarm for a 5.9 earthquake east of Dayton, Nevada, on Thursday morning.

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