An Emergency Alert Test Will Sound Today On All U.S. Cellphones, TVs And Radios. Here's What To Expect.

CBS News, CBS Los Angeles

October 4, 2023

Your electronic devices may alarm you today — but there's a reason for that.

A nationwide test of the federal emergency alert system will be broadcast at approximately 2:20 p.m. EDT to cellphones, televisions and radios across the United States.

The test will occur simultaneously across time zones, so people in the middle of the country can expect it at 1:20 p.m. Central Time, or 12:20 p.m. Mountain Time. On the West Coast it will be at 11:20 a.m. Pacific Time. In most of Alaska it's at 10:20 a.m., and in Hawaii, 8:20 a.m. local time.

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