Officials are gathering facts about how Saturday’s false alert was issued. Hawaii Emergency Management Agency Administrator Vern Miyagi said the error happened when someone hit the wrong button. https://t.co/BbD5XX8vsr pic.twitter.com/TcTgCAgBSx — CBS News (@CBSNews) January 13, 2018The emergency alert, which was sent to mobile phones statewide just before 8.10am, said: "Ballistic missile threat inbound to Hawaii. NO missile threat to Hawaii. The White House said President Donald Trump, at his private club in Florida, was briefed on the false alert.

Source: Evening echo January 14, 2018 19:18 UTC