Californians who saw reports of a 5.9 earthquake near Dayton, Nevada, on Thursday morning can breathe easy — it was a false alarm.

The United States Geological Survey confirmed its ShakeAlert system mistakenly sent out an alert for a quake east of Dayton at 8:06 a.m. “

This was an errant earthquake warning,” said Kyren Bogolub, a seismologist at the University of Nevada, Reno Seismological Laboratory. “There was no earthquake. We are awaiting more information from the USGS. Thank you for your patience while we sort this out.”

Local businesses in Dayton reported no shaking. At the Roadrunner Café, manager Shannon Mackey said breakfast was business as usual. “Oh sweetheart, I didn’t feel anything if there was one,” Mackey told the RGJ.

Lyon County officials confirmed the false alert and

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