USGS sends out false phone alerts warning of 5.9 earthquake in Nevada

The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) confirmed Thursday that alerts of a 5.9 magnitude earthquake successful Nevada were a mendacious alarm.  On its website, the USGS said that its ShakeAlert aboriginal informing strategy sent retired an “incorrect alert” astatine 8:06 a.m. section clip Thursday for a quake adjacent Reno and Carson City, Nev. The survey noted…