Posted on 06/21/2017 9:55:50 PM PDT by nickcarraway
The U.S. Geological Survey said that an email alert that went out about a 6.8 magnitude earthquake in Isla Vista Wednesday was a "false alarm" based on a quake that happened in the same area nearly a century ago.
"We are sending something out to correct it. It was systems maintenance and something was sent out that shouldn't have been," a spokesperson told NBC Bay Area.
An email alert received by NBC Bay Area at 4:51 p.m. from USGS said there had been a 6.8 magnitude earthquake in the Santa Barbara Channel on June 29, 2025 at 7:42 a.m., nine miles from Isla Vista, and 10 miles from downtown Santa Barbara.
A follow-up email from USGS said the event had been deleted. "The quake did happen, but it happened in 1925," said Rafael Abreu, a geophysicist from the US Geological Survey.
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trump’s fault. the russians hacked the usgs.
Please tell me the USGS isn’t still using 2-digit year dates.
Remain clam.
Earthquake fake news! Next we’ll be hearing about fake tornadoes, fake flooding.
Not exactly a tsunami generation area.
I’ve had in my possession over the years many “real photo” postcards and other memorabilia pertaining to the June 29, 1925 Santa Barbara earthquake.
The entire downtown business district was in ruins, and there was heavy damage to the Santa Barbara Mission.
The quake happened in the pre-dawn hours, so even though people were killed, the number of deaths was not large.
Long Beach earthquake too. Lots of destruction and death. From BRICK BUILDINGS.
Nope just two digit IQs
How do you mistake a 6.8 earthquake? Michael Moore and Rosie O'Donnell "makin' whoopee" again?
Aw, geez, there goes my breakfast!!
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