Cellphones rang out Wednesday as part of a national emergency alert test. Here's what to know, and why you might have not gotten an alert.

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Don't be alarmed, but on Wednesday around 1:30 p.m., every cell phone in Bartlesville will chime in unison during a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). In collaboration with the ...

An emergency alert will be sent to your mobile phone on October 4 — but you don't need to worry about it. Here's why this is happening.

Don’t let today’s test of the emergency alert system catch you by surprise. The nationwide test will include the Wireless Emergency Alert and Emergency Alert System today (Wednesday, Oct. 4 ...

A rare nationwide test of the Wireless Emergency Alert system is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 4, at around 2:20 p.m.

A nationwide test of the EAS and the WEA will be conducted on Oct. 4.

The EAS test will be similar to the monthly test broadcasts the agency conducts on a regular basis, and will be broadcast over television and radio – including satellite.

A nationwide test means the same text message will be sent to every cell phone in the U.S. later this week.

WASHINGTON, USA (KRDO)-- FEMA, in coordination with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), will be conducting a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency ...

Americans around the country will see their phones light up this week following a nationwide test of emergency alert systems.

For the EAS portion of the test, FEMA will send an emergency alert test message to televisions and radios lasting around one minute, saying: “This is a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert ...