To ensure I keep on top of my phone's security settings, I keep an Android security checklist that I revisit regularly. Here's what's on it.

• Also under “Government Alerts,” tap “Emergency Alerts.” For older phones, this will simply turn Emergency Alerts ON. For ...

The federal government and earthquake experts blamed a technical glitch for the alert that sent warnings hundreds of miles away last week. By Amy Graff Amy Graff is a reporter on The Times’s weather ...

California lawmakers are demanding more information on an early earthquake warning system managed by the U.S. Geological Survey after it issued a false alert last week that a magnitude-5.9 earthquake ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KRON) — California’s governor said a false earthquake alert sent by the U.S. Geological Survey’s early warning system last week “shows that failure is Trump’s default setting.” Gov.

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A false alert that warned of a 5.9 magnitude earthquake that didn’t happen was triggered after multiple sensors in Nevada detected movement Thursday morning, according to U.S. Geological Survey ...

Bay Area residents received an erroneous 5.9 magnitude earthquake alert Thursday from the USGS Shake Alert system. USGS scientists quickly removed the automated alert about a quake in Dayton, Nevada ...

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. However, the USGS has confirmed it ...

Earthquake alerts sent out Thursday morning reporting a 5.9 magnitude temblor in Nevada have been canceled, the United States Geological Survey said. The USGS confirms there was no earthquake near ...

Dec 4 (Reuters) - The United States Geological Survey said on Thursday its automatic earthquake detection system had erroneously sent out a report earlier in the day that a 5.9 magnitude temblor had ...