"Just after 8 a.m., Bay Area residents received a MyShake alert warning of magnitude 5.9 quake hitting east of Carson City, Nevada, close to the Lake Tahoe region. The quake also appeared on the USGS map of latest earthquakes. But within minutes, the report of the quake disappeared from the USGS page."
"Paul Earle, the director of the U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center, told SFGATE the 5.9 quake warning was an "errant message from earthquake early warning system." Earle said the agency is investigating the incident."
"In recent months, parts of the Bay Area have been rattled by dozens of small earthquakes, but experts say that doesn't mean a much larger quake is likely to hit anytime soon. Nearly a year ago on Dec. 9, 2024, a magnitude 5.5 quake hit southeast of Reno, also near the Lake Tahoe area."
An erroneous magnitude 5.9 MyShake alert was issued just after 8 a.m. for east of Carson City, Nevada, near Lake Tahoe, and the event briefly appeared on the USGS latest earthquakes map before disappearing. The U.S. Geological Survey's National Earthquake Information Center described the 5.9 warning as an "errant message from earthquake early warning system" and the agency is investigating. Recent months brought dozens of small Bay Area earthquakes, but experts say those events do not indicate a much larger quake is likely to occur soon. A magnitude 5.5 quake struck southeast of Reno on Dec. 9, 2024.
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