I woke up this morning and brewed a pot of coffee, fed the dog, cat...and got back in bed. The Aussie and tabby cat literally both got on top of me. "Something is off," I thought...especially since both animals have a track record of sensing oncoming earthquakes. Then I heard a "beep, beep, beep" and found my smart phone out in the living room. Alert. Shake Alert. I obediently ducked under the dining room wooden table since the last strong shaker on December 9 was kind of rolling and made me seasick. I waited. I waited. False alarm. The warning system--manmade and pets--failed. But the week is young. Supermoon, King Tides, and CA has been shaky...
CAN PETS SENSE IMMINENT SHAKERS?
By Cal Orey, M.A., author of The Man Who Predicts Earthquakes
NEVADA (KGO) -- Many residents in Northern California got an alert Thursday morning from the MyShake App notifying them a 5.9 earthquake struck in western Nevada.
The USGS website originally had a map of the quake centered in Dayton, Nevada, which is northeast of Carson City and Lake Tahoe. That notice was then removed from the map, and the website says "the requested event has been deleted."
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It remains unclear if there actually was an earthquake. ABC7 News has called several places in the Dayton, Nevada area, who have not reported feeling any shaking.
The MyShake alerts said the quake hit at 8:06 a.m. PST.
Stay with ABC7 News for the latest details on this developing story.
MAP: Significant San Francisco Bay Area fault lines and strong earthquakes
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