What was the emergency alert test? Why everyones phone went off

Today starting at 2:18 p.m. Eastern, most Americans simultaneously felt their cellphones vibrate, heard them make a loud sound and saw a push alert pop up on their screens. Most radio and television stations broadcast an alert at the same time for about one minute.

There is no national emergency, no reason to panic and nothing you need to do about the alerts. It was, as the messages said, just a test.

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