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 ...

Google is working on making Android earthquake alerts shareable. When you get an alert, you may see an option to share the message. The message will include the hashtag #AndroidEarthquakeAlerts.

SEATTLE — Washington residents and visitors now have access to an additional early earthquake warning tool already used in Oregon and Califonia. MyShake, a mobile app funded by the California Governor ...

NEVADA (KGO) -- Many residents in Northern California got an alert Thursday morning from the MyShake App notifying them a 5.9 earthquake struck in western Nevada. However, the USGS has confirmed it ...

An alert sent on Thursday warning of a strong earthquake in northern Nevada was issued in error, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS). At 08:06 local time, the USGS reported that a ...

The federal government and earthquake experts blamed a technical glitch for the alert that sent warnings hundreds of miles away last week.

A notification about a magnitude-5.9 earthquake in western Nevada Thursday morning was a false alert, the USGS said. The quake alert generated by the ShakeAlert early warning system indicated an ...

California lawmakers are demanding more information on an early earthquake warning system managed by the U.S. Geological Survey after it issued a false alert last week that a magnitude-5.9 earthquake ...

The alert for a 5.9 magnitude Nevada earthquake was a false alarm, and the report was deleted from the online USGS quake list shortly thereafter.