The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center is investigating a false tsunami alert that went out Tuesday.
Hawaii News Now reports the alert was visible to some people on a global messaging system.
Although it didn’t cause widespread panic, the rumor caught the attention of the agency and was enough for it to issue a correction via Twitter.
There is a fake #tsunami message in circulation for a non-existent #earthquke in Japan. There is no tsunami threat in effect. #PTWC is investigating.
— NWS PTWC (@NWS_PTWC) May 22, 2019
The FBI is also investigating the false alert.
