Snider said this message is sent automatically via the Wireless Emergency Alert System following a tsunami warning. Meanwhile, some people in the Bay Area didn't get that alert on their phones ...

A tsunami warning from the National Weather ... the county’s Community Warning System, operated by the Sheriff’s Office Emergency Services Division, did not send an alert until after the ...

Preliminary reports from the U.S. Tsunami Warning System said tsunami waves were possible for coastlines within about 190 miles of the earthquake’s epicenter, including those on Tonga.

A strong, 6.9-magnitude earthquake struck in the Solomon Sea on Saturday, according to the United States Geological Survey. A “tsunami threat” was issued for some parts of the coast of Papua New ...

A tsunami watch is issued when a tsunami may impact the area ... Because of the federal Integrated Public Alert & Warning System, emergency alerts — like warnings for disasters — should appear ...

Hours later, a second 6.1 magnitude quake hit in the same area. The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center in Hawaii issued a notice after the first quake saying hazardous waves were possible but the threat ...

(Redwood Coast Tsunami Work Group/Contributed ... the county’s public alert and warning system,” Humboldt County posted in an announcement of the event. “This opt-in system requires you ...

The warning advised people in the tsunami hazard zone to retreat to higher ... People can sign up for SMC Alert, the county's mass notification system for communicating information during ...

MELBOURNE, Australia — A 6.6-magnitude earthquake struck far off southwest Australia on Wednesday, but no tsunami warning was issued. The epicenter was in the Indian Ocean 2,069 kilometers ...

The US tsunami warning system initially said “hazardous tsunami waves from this earthquake are possible within 300km of the epicentre along the coasts of Tonga”. It subsequently revised the ...

TOKYO -- A strong 7.1 magnitude earthquake hit near Tonga, prompting a tsunami warning for the Pacific island country. The U.S. Geological Survey said the temblor hit about 100 kilometers (62 ...