A timeline of how authorities reacted to Hawaii missile alert

HONOLULU— A timeline of the missile threat alert mistakenly sent Saturday by Hawaii officials at state Emergency Operations Center in Diamond Head Crater: 8:05 a.m. — Workers initiate routine test of the emergency alert system. 8:07 a.m. — A worker mistakenly hits the button to send the emergency warning reading: “BALLISTIC MISSILE THREAT INBOUND TO HAWAII. SEEK IMMEDIATE SHELTER. THIS IS NOT A DRILL.” 8:10 a.m. — The head of the Emer- gency Management Agency, state adjutant general Maj.-Gen. Joe Logan, confirms with U.S. Pacific Command that there was no missile launch. Honolulu police are notified of the false alarm. 8:13 a.m. — The state issues a cancellation that prevents the message from being sent to phones that hadn’t previously received it, such as those out of cellphone coverage range or who had phones turned off. 8:20 a.m. — The Emergency Management Agency issues public notification of cancellation on Facebook and Twitter. 8:24 a.m. — Gov. David Ige retweets the cancellation notice. 8:30 a.m. — Ige posts cancellation notice on his Facebook page. 8:45 a.m. — Cancellation of warning sent to cellphones: “There is no missile threat or danger to the State of Hawaii. Repeat. False Alarm.” The state said it issued the cancellation after getting authorization to do so from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. Source: Hawaii Emergency Management Agency