More than a million California residents received alerts before a powerful 5.6-magnitude earthquake shook near Willits in Northern California on June 24, the governor’s office announced.
The state’s Earthquake Early Warning System gave people critical time to take action before the ground started shaking, Governor Gavin Newsom said in a statement.
According to the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES) estimates, hundreds of thousands more residents received alerts on devices that had earthquake early warning alert software integrated into their operating systems…