He SMS message of Seismic Alert that was expected as part of the National Drill 2024 of Earthquake did not reach all cell phones in Mexicoand several social media users are already complaining about the failure of this prevention exercise.
At 11:00 a.m. This Thursday, September 19, 2024, the Seismic Alert was activated in the horns of several antennas, but The promised SMS messages did not work.
Some others errors Reported are messages late or repeatedwhich generated concern among citizens.
These Messages to cell phones could arrive for the first time in a national drillWe present to you the message that everyone was waiting for but that only reached a few.
Seismic alert message in CDMX of the 2024 National Drill (Especial )
Seismic Alert Messages Arrived Late and Repeated: “I Almost Had a Heart Attack”
Some Internet users and people in WhatsApp groups began to ask as the minutes passed if others had received the expected Seismic Alert SMS message but several agreed that they did not.
Some reported that they arrived late and several times which is why they expressed “I almost had a heart attack” compared to experiences in previous years in which there was an earthquake minutes or hours after the simulacrum.
Some other inconsistencies are that the message arrived on “old” phones and not on the newer ones.
They complain that the Seismic Alert message is presented as a “Presidential Alert”
Some internet users complained that it is presented as “Presidential alertl” as opposed to Seismic Alert, which is why they questioned whether it had any political propaganda overtones.
Mexico City government acknowledges failure and says it is looking for the error
Eduardo Clarkhead of the Public Innovation Agency of Government of Mexico Cityacknowledged the failure and said that “not all the messages of the new alert protocol arrived” and that they are going to work on diagnosing the failure, as part of what implies a simulacrum.
The expectation of the Seismic Alert SMS message It was not only because of its implementation in a simulation but because it would be available regardless of whether the cell phone user had a balance or not.
The company that provides you with telephone service would not be a problem to receive it either, since it would appear in the phones of the main companies.
This alert had even been named as part of the National Digital Drill.
In order to distinguish it, Mirian Urzúa, head of the Secretariat of Comprehensive Risk Management and Civil Protection (SGIRPC) of CDMX previously said that it would have a particular soundbut different from the Seismic Alert, in order to be able to clearly identify it.
It should be remembered that the Federal Telecommunications Institute (IFT) announced that the cell phones that would receive this seismic alert message should be compatible with the Cellular Broadcasting Service (CBS).
Although all of Mexico was expecting this seismic alert SMS message, the IFT said it would only be in CDMX and the surrounding area.
2024-09-19 18:31:36