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4.7 quake hits near Lake Tahoe seconds after early-warning system alert
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A 4.7 quake struck the Truckee area on Thursday night.Chronicle
A 4.7 quake struck the Truckee area on Thursday night seconds after the earthquake early warning system signaled that a temblor as big as 6.0 was coming.
The 9:35 p.m. quake, initially registered as a magnitude 5.1 shaker, was felt in the Sierra region seconds after the alert was sent out via the ShakeAlert notification system, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The ShakeAlert system immediately warns residents in a region where underground sensors detect a quake. The warning is sent online and on cell phones seconds before the shaking reaches the earth’s surface.
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