USGS deletes 5.9 quake in Nevada
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The U.S. Geological Survey later deleted a page with information about the reported quake.
(NYT) — An alert that Nevada had been rocked by a 5.9 magnitude earthquake early Thursday sent phones buzzing briefly before the U.S. Geological Survey quickly deleted the warning from its website and said it had been sent in error.
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Authorities are monitoring the situation, and more information on damages or casualties is expected.
The United States Geological Survey put out a false alarm for a 5.9 earthquake east of Dayton, Nevada, on Thursday morning. "This was an errant earthquake warning sent out by the USGS’s ShakeAlert system,