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

A puzzling false earthquake alert sent Thursday morning to millions of California residents has left U.S. Geological Survey officials searching for answers about what triggered their sophisticated ...

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 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.

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — California’s governor said a false earthquake alert sent by the U.S. Geological Survey’s early warning system last week “shows that failure is Trump’s default setting.” Gov.

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) — The federal government shutdown is disrupting earthquake monitoring efforts by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and threatening Nevada’s push to secure funding for a potentially ...

CALIFORNIA, USA — An earthquake early warning system will soon be up and running on the West Coast. How much warning will it give us? What should you do when you hear the alert on your smartphone? And ...

Gov. Gavin Newsom and state lawmakers are pointing fingers at the federal government after a false alert went out to millions ...

PASADENA, Calif. (KABC) -- Gov. Jerry Brown has called on California lawmakers to provide funds to get an earthquake early warning system up and running. Prototype warning systems have already been ...

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 ...