A Verizon cellular outage left at least some of the carrier’s customers without service Monday morning. The website Downdetector, which relies on user reports, showed a large spike in reported issues just before 7 a.m. Its map shows the issue is widespread, with reports of problems in cities across the country, including Portland.

A massive Verizon outage has caused widespread, nationwide connectivity issues for customers across the U.S. Based on Google Trends, there's been an uptick of people searching for, "Why is my phone in SOS?

According to Downdetector, which tracks outages, more than 100,000 Verizon users are reporting issues with their cellular service.

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 customers across the United States reported a phone service outage on Monday, according to Downdetector.