Some people may have been startled by a test earthquake alert sent to their phones seven hours before it was supposed to as part of the Great California ShakeOut.
Here's what to know about the Great California ShakeOut, after many residents mistakenly got an earthquake test alert early Thursday morning.Some people may have been startled by a test earthquake alert on their phones overnight.
"We were supposed to send the alert at 10:19 a.m. Pacific Time, however, at some point, it seems as though our system sent it at 10:19 UTC time which is kind of a universal time, which is essentially seven hours different here in the Pacific," Angie Lux, PH.D., a Project Scientist for Earthquake Early Warning at the Berkeley Seismological Lab said.
That's when the MyShake app issued a test alert across the state for an earthquake, urging everyone to drop, cover and hold on."It's a good moment to reflect on where they will be and what they would do in the event of an earthquake and if you're in the BART system, the best thing for someone to do is to listen for announcements," Jim Allison, a spokesperson for BART said.
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