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 ...
A screenshot of a Wireless Emergency Alert — similar to an Amber Alert — warning of incoming shaking. (Robert de Groot / U.S. Geological Survey) Monday's magnitude 5.2 temblor marked another success ...
Google's earthquake early-warning system has used phone accelerometers on Android devices to increase quake alerts by tenfold ...
Did your phone light up Thursday morning with an earthquake alert? Good news: There was no quake. The ShakeAlert early warning system that notifies people about earthquakes as they are occurring ...
Earthquakes are a common occurrence in Hawaii. If you subscribe to emergency, earthquake or volcano notifications, the shaking you feel might be followed by a message summarizing the earthquake. Have ...
Monday's magnitude 5.2 temblor marked another success for California's earthquake early warning system, with users in some areas saying they received alerts on their phones before they felt shaking.