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Two FM stations located on the U.S. island of Guam transmitted the Mayday signal for fifteen consecutive minutes; the government reported it was a human fault. CNBC reported that on August 15.

‘The two radio stations, a music channel and a Christian network, broadcast an emergency message over Guam’s airwaves at around 12.15 a.m. this morning. The unspecified warning lasted approximately 15 minutes. Typically, civil danger warnings are rarely broadcast as they are used to alert residents of imminent danger, such as a military strike or terrorist attack. Officials emphasized later that a real emergency message of this nature would describe the nature of the threat,’ the article says.

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