False Earthquake Alert Likely Triggered by ‘Something Out in the Field,’ USGS Says

KQED·Dec 4

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USGS glitch triggers false earthquake alerts across Northern California

San Francisco Chronicle·Mar 23

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Monitoring public reaction to an unnecessary earthquake early warning alert | Scientific Reports

Nature·Feb 3

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Officials investigating false earthquake alert in Northern California and Nevada

StateScoop·Dec 5

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False Report of 5.9 Earthquake Sends Phones Buzzing in Nevada

The New York Times·Dec 4

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ShakeAlert sends false alarm about magnitude 5.9 earthquake in California, Nevada

Los Angeles Times·Dec 6

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USGS says Nevada quake report was false, blaming automatic system's error

Reuters·Dec 4

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Nevada Seismology confirms Sacramento earthquake alerts were a false ShakeAlert alarm

ABC10·Dec 4

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Earthquake alert that startled Berkeley this morning was a false alarm

Berkeleyside·Dec 4