Several test notifications will be sent to mobile phones through Cyprus’ national public warning system, CY-Alert, in coastal areas today Tuesday, 10 November, between 11am and 3pm, as part of a Mediterranean tsunami preparedness exercise.
According to a Civil Defence Force press release, the testing is being carried out within the framework of the NEAMWave26 exercise, organised under UNESCO’s tsunami early warning system.
The notifications will be sent through the Exercise/Test channel and will only be received by people who have enabled notifications from this channel on their mobile phones and are within the designated coastal test area at the time each message is sent.
Recipients may receive more than one notification during the testing period. All messages will be test notifications and no action will be required, the Civil Defence said.
The purpose of the test is to evaluate the procedure for issuing public warnings through CY-Alert in a simulated tsunami emergency.
The exercise scenario for Cyprus is based on the 1222 earthquake, which had a magnitude of 7.5 and occurred offshore Paphos, triggering a destructive tsunami.
(Source: CNA)
