Paphos:Cyprus Several test notifications will be disseminated to mobile phones via Cyprus' national public warning system, CY-Alert, focusing on coastal areas this Tuesday between 11 am and 3 pm. This initiative is part of a Mediterranean tsunami preparedness exercise.

According to Cyprus News Agency, the exercise is conducted within the framework of the NEAMWave26 exercise, organized under UNESCO's tsunami early warning system. The notifications will be delivered through the Exercise/Test channel and will be received only by individuals who have enabled notifications from this channel on their mobile phones and are located within the designated coastal test area when each message is sent.

Recipients may receive multiple notifications during the testing period. The Civil Defence Force has clarified that all messages will be test notifications, requiring no action from the recipients. The primary goal of this test is to evaluate the procedure for issuing public warnings through CY-Alert in a simulated tsunami emergency.

The exercise scenario for Cyprus is modeled on the 1222 earthquake, which registered a magnitude of 7.5 and occurred offshore Paphos, resulting in a destructive tsunami.