"An alarming "Drop, cover, hold on" message popped onto the phones of Bay Area residents this morning with the MyShake app, warning of imminent shaking from a large earthquake in Nevada, centered near Dayton which is 29 miles south of Reno, and about 12 miles east of Carson City. But now it looks like that was all just a false alarm."
"The US Geological Survey posted to Xitter at 8:45 am apologizing for the alert, saying, "There was no M5.9 earthquake near Carson City, NV. We are currently looking into why the alerts were issued." .@USGS #ShakeAlert confirms that the earthquake alerts that were delivered at 8:06am are cancelled. There was no M5.9 earthquake near Carson City, NV. We are currently looking into why the alerts were issued. We'll provide more information when we learn more @Cal_OES @CAGeoSurvey"
Millions of Northern California residents received an earthquake warning at 8:06 am about a quake with an epicenter in Lyon County, Nevada. The MyShake app displayed a "Drop, cover, hold on" message warning of imminent shaking from a large quake centered near Dayton, 29 miles south of Reno and about 12 miles east of Carson City. The reported quake soon disappeared from the USGS website. The US Geological Survey later apologized and canceled the alerts, stating there was no M5.9 event and that investigators are looking into why the alerts were issued. Questions arose about sensor error or possible tampering and about the alert intensity relative to likely Bay Area impacts.
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