A phone in the San Francisco Bay Area receives a false alarm about a magnitude 5.9 earthquake that was purported to hit near Carson City, Nev., just after 8 a.m. Thursday. No earthquake actually ...

Residents across Nevada and California were startled Thursday when their phones erupted with an earthquake alert warning of a powerful 5.9 magnitude. The US Geological Survey (USGS) issued the warning ...

Did your phone light up Thursday morning with an earthquake alert? Good news: There was no quake. The ShakeAlert early warning system that notifies people about earthquakes as they are occurring ...

VANDERBILT, MI – Temporary cell phone towers in Northern Michigan sent out an emergency alert this morning, warning of an earthquake. Residents of the Vanderbilt area in Otsego County received the ...

Predicting earthquakes has long been the hope of scientists who study the motion of the planet's huge tectonic plates and the seismic faults that crisscross Earth's crust like a tangle of torn ...

An alert sent to people across California warning about a strong earthquake striking Northern Nevada on Thursday morning was sent in error, officials said. At 8:06 a.m., the U.S. Geological Survey ...

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