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Simply risk off from algos. Some algos scan news. They go risk off on ebola. Their risk off causes other risk off from other algos even that don't read news. Cascade so on so forth.
"In short: the simple reason why there is no more liquidity in cash Treasury securities (Treasury futures are a different matter entirely) is because the Fed is now the proud owner of a majority stake of what once was the most liquid maturity across the most liquid bond market in the world."
"Four years later, on October 15 2014, the HFT hammer struck again, only this time it wiped out liquidity in the world's supposedly biggest and most liquidi market: the US bond market."
