"An alert that notified Bay Area residents of a 5.9 earthquake Thursday morning in Nevada was deleted by the U.S. Geological Survey. The ShakeAlert message said there was a quake at 8:06 a.m. about 15 miles east of Carson City, near Dayton. Within minutes, though, the notification was deleted, and the initial event report was taken off the USGS website."
"Within minutes, though, the notification was deleted, and the initial event report was taken off the USGS website. Before the report was removed, the USGS Did You Feel It survey logged only three respondents saying they had felt a quake in that area. ShakeAlert uses buried sensors to send earthquake notifications to millions of mobile phone users through apps including MyShake."
An alert notified Bay Area residents of a 5.9 earthquake Thursday morning near Dayton, Nevada, about 15 miles east of Carson City, at 8:06 a.m. The U.S. Geological Survey deleted the ShakeAlert notification within minutes and removed the initial event report from the USGS website. Before removal, the USGS Did You Feel It survey recorded only three respondents reporting they felt a quake in that area. ShakeAlert relies on buried sensors to detect earthquakes and sends notifications to millions of mobile phone users through apps, including MyShake.
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