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 ...

A notification about a magnitude-5.9 earthquake in western Nevada near the California border Thursday morning was a false alert, the USGS said. The quake alert generated by the ShakeAlert early ...

North Bay residents got an early wake-up call today when a magnitude 4.2 earthquake rattled the region and triggered ...

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 ...

Bay Area residents received an erroneous 5.9 magnitude earthquake alert Thursday from the USGS Shake Alert system. USGS scientists quickly removed the automated alert about a quake in Dayton, Nevada ...

SEATTLE — Technology that detects strong earthquakes and alerts residents to their shaking got renewed attention after an earthquake struck near Orcas Island on Monday morning. The magnitude 4.5 ...

A sports car is crushed by earthquake debris in a Seattle parking lot on March 4, 2001. (FEMA photo by Kevin Galvin) The U.S. Geological Survey has awarded more than $12.5 million to seven ...