Here’s one for the weird and strange category. Somebody playing a joke I guess.
<blockquote>[size=83]Fabricated Earthquake and Tsunami Threat Message
Posted on May 21 2019 at 11:39 pm EDT
000
WEHW42 PHEB 220339
TIBHWX
HIZ001>003-005>009-012>014-016>021-023>026-220539-
TSUNAMI INFORMATION STATEMENT
NWS PACIFIC TSUNAMI WARNING CENTER EWA BEACH HI
539 PM HST TUE MAY 21 2019
TO - EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT IN THE STATE OF HAWAII
SUBJECT - FABRICATED EARTHQUAKE AND TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE
THIS IS TO ADVISE THAT A FABRICATED MESSAGE WAS CIRCULATED
ABOUT A LARGE MAGNITUDE EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN AT 0215 UTC
AND A SUBSEQUENT TSUNAMI THREAT.
THERE WAS NO LARGE EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN AT 0215 AND THERE
WAS NO TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE ISSUED BY THIS CENTER.
REPEAT.
THERE WAS NO LARGE EARTHQUAKE IN JAPAN AT 0215 AND THERE
WAS NO TSUNAMI THREAT MESSAGE ISSUED BY THIS CENTER.
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More strangeness, one article said notification was received by email and another article says the notification appeared on Twitter.