Some Alaskans saw a false emergency television broadcast indicating the entire West Coast, from San Diego to Alaska's Aleutian Islands, was under a tsunami threat on Friday.

Over the radio waves, it wasn't until the end of the audio broadcast of the message early on Friday morning through KNBA radio station, that viewers were notified the alert was only a test.

On TV, the text displayed with the test message did not state it was only a test.

Inaccurate alerts were sent out to individuals over 'phones and other media across Alaska,' according to The National Tsunami Warning Center.

The center responded by assuring Alaskans there was not a tsunami threat on its website.

KNBA told DailyMail.com that the message that was displayed on television in text stated 'message from KNBA' because it is the secondary receiver of state-issued EAS notifications for the Anchorage area, which is referred to as being a 'local primary two' or 'LP2.'

KNBA said it had no hand in drafting text that was displayed with the test message.

A false tsunami alert was broadcast over television and radio in Alaska on Friday, following a mistaken understanding that a test message signified and actual threat

One Twitter user was quite distraught, at least initially, after reading the text displayed without notice that it was a test

One Twitter user was quite distraught, at least initially, after reading the text displayed without notice that it was a test.

The user, self-identified as James Williams who lives in Anchorage, wrote on Friday:

'Please heed this warning this is not a drill!!! There is a full pacific tsunami alert in affect!!! All coastal regions have been ordered to evacuate to higher ground!!! This is a real alert... please do not ignore this warning!!!'

A verified YouTube user registered with the username 'DAHBOO77' posted a video of the text that displayed the false alert on Friday.

The user captioned the video, saying: 'A tsunami warning was accidentally broadcast in Alaska on Friday, causing confusion among local citizens, officials say. There is no tsunami threat.'

The KNBA radio station responded to the error on social media by sharing Facebook and Twitter posts from The National Tsunami Warning Center, that stated that the message was only a test.

The center issued a statement, following the broadcast in Alaska, which read: 'The National Tsunami Warning Center, part of the National Weather Service, issued a routine tsunami test message at approximately 7.00am AKDT this morning.

'The test message was interpreted by at least one entity as an official Tsunami Warning, resulting in reports of tsunami warnings received via phones and other media across Alaska.

'The test message was not disseminated to the public via any communication channels operated by the National Weather Service.

'We are currently looking into the situation and will provide more information as soon as we have it.'

The center further commented on the erroneous text alerts, calling the situation a 'misinterpretation' in a tweet posted on Friday that read:

'There is no Tsunami Warning currently for Alaska and/or the West Coast. We issued a routine communications test message at 7am AKST that has been misinterpreted. We are investigating this issue. Repeat: There is NO Tsunami Warning.'

The tsunami center said it issued the routine test message in the same manner in which all tests are conducted.

Typically, tests of alert messages say it's a test at the beginning.

It's not clear why the version heard by Alaskans didn't say it was a test until the end, or why the text that displayed on television and was sent out over phones did not indicate it was only a test.

This follows a high-profile false alert of ballistic missile strike that occurred in Hawaii in January, which led to the firing of at least one employee.