Verizon customers were reporting outages Monday morning in Los Angeles and across the United States. Outages began around 6 a.m. in the Los Angeles area, according to the website Downdetector. Most of the outages reported early Monday were in Chicago, Minneapolis and other Midwest cities with other reports coming from Phoenix and Denver.

We are aware of an issue impacting service for some customers,” Verizon spokesperson Ilya Hemlin said in a statement emailed to SFGATE. “Our engineers are engaged and we are working quickly to identify and solve the issue.

Thousands of users across the nation reported Verizon outages Monday morning. Why it matters: More than 98,000 reports of Verizon outages have been submitted in the last 24 hours, per Downdetector. Zoom out: Users nationwide began reporting outages early Monday across several cities,

Verizon users across the country were reporting an apparent outage Monday morning. Many people reported being stuck in SOS mode on their phone, unable to send messages or place calls.

Multiple cellphone service providers are seemingly experiencing outages Monday morning. User reports for problems with Verizon, AT&T, and T-Mobile have spiked on Downdetector.com, a site that tracks outages across platforms and services.

A Verizon network outage has been reported across the US, including in Idaho Falls, ID and near Chicago, IL. At 9:30 a.m. ET there was a huge spike in the number of people reporting issues texting and calling,

Verizon users in several areas are reporting outages. According to Downdetector.com there are outages being reported in New York, Michigan, Missouri, Pennsylvania and other areas. Some of those reporting issues said that their phones were working in SOS mode only.