ShakeAlert

Seismologists say the ShakeAlert system didn’t work properly ahead of Thursday’s 6.0 magnitude earthquake near the California-Nevada border, but they do know why. Ian Cull reports.

Seismologists say the ShakeAlert system didn’t work properly ahead of Thursday’s 6.0 magnitude earthquake near the California-Nevada border, but they do know why.

Some northern Californians got alerts about the quakes Thursday afternoon, but others did not. Consumer Investigator Chris Chmura has been looking into why some alerts didn’t go out and why you may want to check your gas line.

When an earthquake was detected near Truckee, CA on May 6, residents as far away as the Bay Area received smart phone notifications about the 4.7 quake.