An alert went out in Southern California Friday about a 4.6 magnitude earthquake hitting northeast of San Diego.

The US Geological Survey (USGS) said on its website it had detected the quake around 10:26am PT (1:30pm ET) near Bombay Beach.

However, the USGS deleted the alert from its live map about two hours later and told DailyMail.com it is looking into the reason the false information was published.

Bombay Beach sits directly on the San Andreas Fault, which is one of the most significant and active fault lines in California.