Australians sent into panic by 8.2-magnitude earthquake and tsunami warning – before realising it’s a test - Authorities were testing out new software and had warned residents a test was incoming, but

Australians faced panic on Wednesday after receiving tsunami warnings via their weather app, which were later clarified as tests by the Bureau of Mete

Tsunami warnings appeared on the phones of many Australians on Wednesday morning. But the Bureau of Meteorology (BoM), which sent the alert — and one warning of an 8.2 magnitude earthquake in New Zealand — has said there's no cause for panic.

Shortly after, it sent another message reading “cancelled tsunami warning” and clarified that it was a test. But the interval between the two messages was enough for some app

The Bureau of Meteorology stated that the test Tsunami warnings on August 25 were “issued to the public in error”. Video by the Bureau of Meteorology.