The state seismologist says the project is still several years and millions of dollars away, but the $2M appropriation is an ...

West Coast citizens get crucial seconds of warning with Android ShakeAlert and MyShake earthquake detection apps that issue life-saving alerts before hazardous shaking. Such new technologies turn ...

LOS ANGELES — When an earthquake strikes, like the SoCal shaker in 2024, those few seconds before it hits can make all the difference. Today, ShakeAlert operates across California, Oregon and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Californians who saw reports of a 5.9 earthquake near Dayton, Nevada, on Thursday morning can breathe easy — it was a false alarm.

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. ShakeAlert sent a false alarm Thursday morning warning of a magnitude 5.9 earthquake in Carson City, Nev., that ...

The U.S. Geological Survey was still trying to unravel how an alert was sent Thursday morning for a nonexistent 5.9 earthquake outside Dayton, Nevada. A quake of that size wouldn't be implausible.

The magnitude 4.1 earthquake that stuck after 3 a.m. in the center of Olympic National Park is one of the strongest tests yet of the new ShakeAlert system in Washington. While not considered a ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A phone in the San Francisco Bay Area receives a false alarm about a magnitude 5.9 earthquake that was purported to hit near ...

The ShakeAlert computer system that warns about the imminent arrival of shaking from earthquakes sent out a false alarm Thursday morning for a magnitude 5.9 temblor in Carson City, Nev., that did not ...