On June 28, 2025, the Department of Telecom sent out a test emergency alert via the Cell Broadcast Alert System to Android ...

Thousands of phones in Denver will light up Thursday morning, all blaring the same tone and sharing the same message as the Denver Office of Emergency Management tests the Wireless Emergency Alert ...

Wireless phone customers in the United States whose phones are on will get a message saying: “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.” ...

Today was the day for the US government’s big emergency alert drill, which sent a test message to every TV, radio and cell phone in the nation. Starting at approximately 2:20 pm ET on Wednesday ...

The test occurred simultaneously in every time zone coast to coast. Most Americans with wireless cellular devices should have received an emergency alert message on their phones.

The test occurred simultaneously in every time zone coast to coast. Most Americans with wireless cellular devices should have received an emergency alert message on their phones.

FEMA is required by law to test their emergency alert systems at least once every three years. The last national test took place in 2021. All major U.S. wireless carriers will automatically ...

However, the Wireless Emergency Alert system had been tested at the national level only twice before the Oct. 4 test, and there has been little public outreach to explain the system by either the ...

Emergency alert messages that made up the test were divided into two groups — the Emergency Alert System for radios and televisions, and the Wireless Emergency Alerts for wireless phones ...

You can block all WEAs, whether they are test messages or actual emergency alerts. To turn off the test notifications, dial *5005*25370# and to turn them back on, dial *5005*25371#.