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Earthquake alert system pings Bay Area residents for quake in Mendocino County

Earthquake alert system pings Bay Area residents for quake in Mendocino County
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Many Bay Area residents were alerted by their phones Wednesday morning when a large earthquake struck in far-off Mendocino County, despite the fact that most people in the region didn’t feel the slightest wobble. When the magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck at 8:10 a.m., the ShakeAlert Earthquake...

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