Earthquake alert deleted after report of 5.9 near Carson City

An alert that notified Bay Area residents of a earthquake Thursday morning in Nevada was deleted by the U S Geological Survey Related Articles Magnitude quake rattles Peninsula Earthquakes continue to jolt area south of San Jose Earthquake in San Benito County felt in the South Bay Three earthquakes shake near Gilroy Shaky times in San Ramon quake is latest in current swarm The ShakeAlert message commented there was a quake at a m about miles east of Carson City near Dayton Within minutes though the notification was deleted and the initial event record was taken off the USGS website Before the summary was removed the USGS Did You Feel It survey logged only three respondents saying they had felt a quake all of them more than miles from the communicated epicenter ShakeAlert uses buried sensors to send earthquake notifications to millions of mobile phone users through apps including MyShake The goal is to give an early warning before strong shaking hits