{
  "id": "2025-10-16-university-of-washington-uw-alert-test-and-great-shakeout-earthquake-drill",
  "slug": "university-of-washington-uw-alert-test-and-great-shakeout-earthquake-drill-2025-10-16",
  "institution": {
    "name": "University of Washington",
    "shortName": "UW",
    "state": "WA",
    "type": "public-r1",
    "alertSystemName": "UW Alert",
    "enrollment": 50000
  },
  "incident": {
    "date": "2025-10-16",
    "type": "test",
    "cleryCategory": "emergency-notification",
    "resolution": "under-investigation",
    "headline": "UW Alert test and Great ShakeOut earthquake drill",
    "headlinePublic": "UW Alert test and Great ShakeOut earthquake drill",
    "summary": "University of Washington [published an official alert update](https://emergency.uw.edu/2025/10/16/uw-alert-test-and-great-shakeout-earthquake-drill-2/) on or about 2025-10-16. Full text is preserved from the official emergency updates archive.",
    "outcome": "See official update page for operational or investigation status.",
    "casualties": {
      "killed": 0,
      "injured": 0
    }
  },
  "alerts": [
    {
      "sequence": 1,
      "type": "initial",
      "timestampApprox": "Published on or about 2025-10-16 on the official emergency updates site",
      "channel": "multi-channel",
      "verbatimText": "The UW is testing the UW Alert emergency notification system today. A test message will be sent around 10:16 a.m. via email and text and posted on the UW Alert X feed and Facebook page. This is only a test.\n\nIf you don't already receive these UW Alert notifications, sign up and learn more.\n\nToday is also the Great ShakeOut international earthquake drill. In an earthquake, drop, cover and hold on until the shaking stops. For more information, check out the UW Emergency Management emergency procedures guide for earthquakes and the Washington state GreatShakeout website.",
      "isVerbatimConfirmed": true,
      "sourceUrl": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2025/10/16/uw-alert-test-and-great-shakeout-earthquake-drill-2/",
      "sourceDescription": "UW Alert official update",
      "annotations": [
        "Transcribed from official emergency updates archive page body.",
        "Confirmed-verbatim recovery from live institutional source."
      ],
      "characterCount": 574,
      "confidence": "high"
    }
  ],
  "context": "Official UW Alert update archive entry for University of Washington.",
  "keyFindings": [
    "Official emergency updates page preserves complete multi-update alert text."
  ],
  "sources": [
    {
      "type": "official-archive",
      "title": "UW Alert test and Great ShakeOut earthquake drill",
      "url": "https://emergency.uw.edu/2025/10/16/uw-alert-test-and-great-shakeout-earthquake-drill-2/",
      "accessDate": "2026-07-25"
    }
  ],
  "confidence": "high",
  "tags": [
    "washington",
    "uw",
    "uw-alert",
    "test"
  ],
  "dateAdded": "2026-07-25",
  "lastUpdated": "2026-07-25",
  "addedBy": "ingestion"
}