An incorrect alert was sent out for a Nevada earthquake with a purported magnitude of 5.9 on Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. “The ShakeAlert EEW system released an incorrect alert for a magnitude 5.

Many residents in California got a MyShake alert Thursday morning about a 5.9 earthquake in western Nevada, but it is unclear if it actually happened after it was removed from the USGS website.

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) on Thursday deleted a false alert that had incorrectly reported a magnitude 5.9 earthquake near Reno and Carson City, saying no such quake occurred and that it is investigating what triggered the erroneous warning.

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