At more or less 8:30am today , the National Weather Service institutionalise a test tsunami warn to an unknown turn of people . It was not immediately obvious to some that the alert of an impendent , destructive force of nature was a test — and at least one - third party app , AccuWeather , reportedly push it outas a true alertin multiple country .
Just get this to your phone ? ! Be certain to chink the ok print . It ’s just a test . I do n’t like how the alert issue forth over though looking like a real alert.#nws#tsunami#warningTESTpic.twitter.com/5DvaBms4it
— Matt Hammer ( @MattHammer12)February 6 , 2018
Image: Emily Lipstein/Gizmodo
All morning , local NWS Twitter accounts have been trying to reduce the mix-up their warning signal — in conjunctive with the literal panic get by erroneous admonition from AccuWeather — has caused . Accuweather itself hasrestatedthat the NWS alert was a test , but has not clear up why it was not sent out as such by its mobile app .
Anyone have a recommendation for good conditions app ? I ’m not sure I desire this one#mewx#tsunami#mainepic.twitter.com / fa1wKYs7C6
— Jeremy ( @DSky3)February 6 , 2018
For what it ’s worth , Tsunami.gov currentlyshowstwo earthquake on the entire planet , and both are more than two points diffident of the 7.5 magnitudeusuallyrequired to have a tsunami . Historically , tsunamisalmost neverhit the East Coast of the US .
This widespread piece of misinformation follows a falsemissile onslaught warningsent to residents of Hawaii last month , and precedes acongressional hearing“on the effectiveness of the emergency alerting organisation ” schedule for 10 am this morning .
fudge factor : an earlier interlingual rendition of this post submit that the earthquakes come along on tsunami.org were measured by the Richter magnitude scale . Moment magnitude is the weighing machine most used by seismologist .
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