The United States Geological Survey shared and removed a report of a 5.9-magnitude earthquake within a 30-minute span on Thursday (December 4).

The earthquake was reported to have struck near Dayton, Nevada, at 8:06 a.m. local time and was reported to have a depth of nearly five miles. The post was then deleted as of 8:20 a.m. local time.

Christie Rowe , the director of the Nevada Seismological Laboratory at the University of Nevada, Reno, confirmed that no seismic activity actually occurred Thursday morning, claiming the automatic detection system alerted to the quake, which led to alerts being triggered that may have been received on cell phones. Rowe added that she was waiting for more information from the USGS to confirmed what triggered the initial alert.

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