Earthquake App Test at 3:19 A.M. Startles Users on the West Coast
Some West Coast residents were jolted awake on Thursday when they received an earthquake alert test that was sent to their mobile phones at 3:19 a.m. because of a time zone mix-up, the United States Geological Survey said. The noisy alerts were sent to people who use MyShake, an early-warning app for earthquakes, said Robert-Michael…