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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 hit in Nevada Thursday morning, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The ...

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.

A shake alert went out over the U.S. Geological Survey's early warning system on Dec. 4, warning that a 5.9 earthquake near Carson City in western Nevada could produce heavy shaking in the region. But ...

The USGS initially reported a 5.9 quake near Dayton, Nevada about 8 a.m. Moments afterward, the USGS deleted the event. The USGS said the first alert was a mistake and they were looking into it.

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 ...

An alert that Nevada had been rocked by a 5.9 magnitude earthquake early Thursday sent phones buzzing briefly before the U.S. Geological Survey quickly deleted the ...

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 ...