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FRESNO COUNTY, CA - the U.S. Geological Survey reported that a 2.4 magnitude quake occurred close to Coalinga Saturday afternoon.
Residents in Nevada woke up to a shocking 5.9 magnitude earthquake alert, but after the panic settled, the whole thing turned out to be a fake quake alert sent by USGS.
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.1 shook roughly 37 miles north of Santa Rosa in Northern California on Monday morning, according to the United States Geological Survey. The quake, which struck at 7:08 a.
The ShakeAlert system that warns about imminent shaking arriving from earthquakes sent a false alarm across California on Thursday morning for a magnitude 5.9 temblor that did not happen.
“On December 4, 2025, the ShakeAlert EEW system released an incorrect alert for a magnitude 5.9 earthquake near Reno and Carson City, Nevada,” the statement read. “The event did not occur, and has been deleted from USGS websites and data feeds. The USGS is working to understand the cause of the false alert.”
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False earthquake alert that alarmed California was 'unprecedented.' Here's what we know so far
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.
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Magnitude-5.9 Nevada earthquake notification was false alert, USGS says
A notification about a magnitude-5.9 earthquake in western Nevada near the California border was a false alert, the USGS said.