Rating EAS Alarms From Different Countries! 

Notification squad?

As an Italian I can confirm that if we die, we die with *style.*

Japan's alarm isn't meant to be scary. It's meant to keep you calm as you follow safety protocol.

As a French person, this ABSOLUTLY NOT THE FRENCH EAS ALARM. We hear it every first Wednesday of the month and it's nothing like that.

As an Indian, I can confirm I've never heard that sound in my life before.

The China one gets even scarier once you realize she is *counting down*

You know, as a person living in Japan, the Japanese is really scary. We heard this alarm like every day back in 2011 when we had the massive earthquake of Mw 9.0, and so the sound is deeply connected with the memory of fear and unsettlement I was feeling in those days. It still sounds very often like when you are about hit by an earthquake or when a hurricane is approaching, and you never get used to it. It's pretty terrifying when you are on a train and you suddenly hear multiple devices make this noise at the same time.

I'm from Arkansas, and the EAS sound was always chilling as a kid. Especially riding in the car when the clouds get dark before a storm, and it comes over the radio.

When I use to live in China and I heard the voice at three A.m... (Btw that was 4 years ago) IT SCARED THE CRAP OUT OF ME and I knew what she is saying she said this is an emergency please stay indoors and listen to alert. I would jump out of bed lucky I'm not in Norway tho...

1:52 Fun Fact: The reason why Finland's alarm is so calming is because Finland has won the world record of being the happiest country in the world. edit: oh hell no why did this get 2k likes- its just morse code chill yall 😪

Italians got lucky man. Imagine getting woke up by a rave across the whole country.

As a Norwegian i always get jupmscared everytime they test that alarm and the fact that in my old school to alarm was on top of it but they only test it 3 times a year😭

Greece was scariest to me. Everyone in Italy will just start dancing. This was pretty entertaining surprisingly

Even if some of these aren’t scary, I think we can all agree that they’d all be really scary if they went off in the middle of the night 2024 Edit: hate that this is my most popular comment

The US Alarm is specifically designed to be the most infuriating, painful sound possible in order to get people's attention. In that respect, it is the best alarm.

im Norwegian. Thank you for rating us 100/10!

I tuned out when you gave one of the scariest ones, Japan, that ridiculous score. That sound haunts my dreams.

The Japan alarm is meant to keep people calm. Other alarms are just like *Y O U W I L L D I E* while Japan's alarm is like "keep calm please."

I have heard that in Japan, they have made the sound less scary to prevent people from panicking. However, when a big earthquake occurs, it becomes a traumatic experience, and when people hear the sound, they panic, and in the end, the efforts made to prevent panic become meaningless. By the way, I am Japanese. I don't want to hear that sound.

I remember I used to listen to this with my older cousin in Chicago every day. We would vibe, we would cry, and importantly.. annoy my dad and grandma when we didn’t even notice.. now, we just play the Presentation Experience. That’s the funnest thing we do. I miss the old times so freaking much. We would always binge watch this. I’m not even sure if she remembers… Posted on March 12, 2024 11:07 PM ❤ God bless you and have a great day. ❤

thanks - we could hear them all perfectly interrupted by you as soon as they started playing - belting job

As an American, our sound can be extremely surprising and frightening, especially because usually when it's on TV, a robot voice starts talking. "**the national weather service has issued a...**"

I’d give Japan an 8/10 because it sounds so calm that it’s actually creepy

I live in the central part of Mexico. That alarm sounds during an earthquake and the cold feeling I get when you start to feel the ground shake and the loud alarm. You can literally feel your heart drop.

Hey, Tennesseean here, that simple EAS we have in America is used for tornado warnings as well, like how it was for us last Wednesday. Every time the storm inched closer, another county got the next tornado warning, and a new EAS was activated, we heard it go off like 7 times, with booming thunder in the background and heavy rain flooding the parking lot. We just sat there wondering if our county was next, not knowing exactly where the tornado was. Haunting, is my emotion towards our EAS.

The reason Japan has such a calm alarm, they want to keep people calm because chaos makes the situation worse.

If you didn't know the voice in the China eas was a woman counting down of how many seconds you have left to live

Lol i did not even know Finland had one like that. We test our city-wide air raid sirens every monday at 12 o'clock midday so i thought it was the only one. Never hurts to be prepared though, especially when you share over a 1000 kilometers of border with Russia of all things.

On the subject of the USA alarm, Here in Texas, they use this creepy siren noise for Amber Alerts, on top of the regular alert. Sounds like something announcing the apocalypse!

A few notes: - I’m Chinese and just barely made out what the voice was saying before the main alarm kicked in. It said “Three… two… one…”, indicating a countdown. Just imagine how terrifying a countdown would be when you hear an emergency alert. - The Japan one isn’t meant to be scary, just easily identifiable. It’s distinct enough to tell you that something’s definitely wrong while staying calm. The actual footage of a tsunami warning is much scarier because before the alarm kicks in, a Japanese newscaster receives an alert about the tsunami. His voice completely changes as he says “Everyone, evacuate immediately! Remember the 2011 Earthquake!”

Japan: Stay calm, but know shit is about to happen Germany: Shit is about to happen. Don't worry tho, here's a banger

I think the calmer ones would scare me more in the middle of the night rather then the loud ones.

As a slightly offended Swedish person, I need to clarify that Sweden actually has the same siren sound as Norway for it's emergency alert sirens. Here is from a video from Stockholm 2017, when the alarm was triggered because of a technical error: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-DbIGhZGn0bQ.html

Japan: it’s gonna be fine Isreal: T H E E N D

0:06 USA 0:14 isreal 0:21 Iran 0:26 Chile 0:33 Germany 0:38 Japan 0:46 Saudi Arabia 0:50 New Zealand 0:53 Malaysia 0:58 Greece 1:06 Poland 1:10 China 1:18 Taiwan 1:22 Sweden 1:25 Denmark 1:30 Switzerland 1:36 South Korea 1:40 Spain 1:44 France 1:48 Brazil 1:52 finland 1:57 uk 2:01 italy 2:08 Romania 2:13 Russia 2:17 Mexico 2:22 India 2:28 phillipenes 2:30 Norway

For Japan I feel like it’s calm because of the kids so they don’t get scared but I could be wrong😊

As an Israeli i can confirm that we get heart attacks everytime there is an alarm😅

I love how Japan cares about people's anxiety :)

0:08 USA 0:16 ISRAEL 0:22 IRAN 0:28 CHILE 0:34 GERMANY 0:40 JAPAN 0:46 SAUDI ARABIA 0:51 NEW ZEALAND 0:53 MALAYSIA 0:58 GREECE 1:06 POLAND 1:10 CHINA 1:19 TAIWAN 1:23 SWEDEN 1:27 DENMARK 1:31 SWITZERLAND 1:38 SOUTH KOREA 1:42 SPAIN 1:46 FRANCE 1:49 BRAZIL 1:55 FINLAND 1:58 U.K 2:01 ITALY 2:07 ROMANIA 2:14 RUSSIA 2:18 MEXICO 2:23 INDIA 2:27 PHILIPPINES 2:31 NORWAY Anywhere you go, i wish you a very good flight to go.

As a Saudi, telling you we have a new EAS alarm and the alarm used in the video is actually one that was used in the 1900’s

imagine suddenly hearing Germany's eas alarm alone, in an alley way or in an unnecessary long hallway That would literally sound like the start of a indie horror game chase or like going into the creepy part of a horror game

I actually find the American alert to be very creepy. I've woken up many times to an Amber Alert and hearing that loudly is terrifying.

The human history of New Zealand (Aotearoa) can be dated back to between 1320 and 1350 CE, when the main settlement period started, after it was discovered and settled by Polynesians, who developed a distinct Māori culture. Like other Pacific cultures, Māori society was centred on kinship links and connection with the land but, unlike them, it was adapted to a cool, temperate environment rather than a warm, tropical one. The first European explorer known to have visited New Zealand was the Dutch navigator, Abel Tasman, on 13 December 1642.[1] In 1643 he charted the west coast of the North Island, his expedition then sailed back to Batavia without setting foot on New Zealand soil. British explorer James Cook, who reached New Zealand in October 1769 on the first of his three voyages, was the first European to circumnavigate and map New Zealand.[2] From the late 18th century, the country was regularly visited by explorers and other sailors, missionaries, traders and adventurers. On 6 February 1840, the Treaty of Waitangi was signed between representatives of the United Kingdom and various Māori chiefs, initially at Waitangi and over the following weeks at other locations across the country. On 21 May 1840, New Zealand entered the British Empire when William Hobson proclaimed British sovereignty at Kororareka (Russell), after which he became Governor. Disputes over the differing versions of the Treaty and settler desire to acquire land from Māori led to the New Zealand Wars from 1843. There was extensive British settlement throughout the rest of the 19th century and into the early part of the next century. The effects of European infectious diseases,[3] the New Zealand Wars and the imposition of a European economic and legal system led to most of New Zealand's land passing from Māori to European (Pākehā) ownership, and Māori became impoverished. The colony gained responsible government in the 1850s. From the 1890s the New Zealand Parliament enacted a number of progressive initiatives, including women's suffrage and old age pensions. After becoming a self-governing Dominion with the British Empire in 1907, the country remained an enthusiastic member of the empire, and over 100,000 New Zealanders fought in World War I as part of the New Zealand Expeditionary Force. After the war, New Zealand signed the Treaty of Versailles (1919), joined the League of Nations, and pursued an independent foreign policy, while its defence was still controlled by Britain. When World War II broke out in 1939, New Zealand contributed to the defence of Britain and the Pacific War; the country contributed some 120,000 troops. From the 1930s the economy was highly regulated and an extensive welfare state was developed. From the 1950s Māori began moving to the cities in large numbers, and Māori culture underwent a renaissance. This led to the development of a Māori protest movement which in turn led to greater recognition of the Treaty of Waitangi in the late 20th century. The country's economy suffered in the aftermath of the 1973 global energy crisis, the loss of New Zealand's biggest export market upon Britain's entry to the European Economic Community, and rampant inflation. In 1984, the Fourth Labour Government was elected amid a constitutional and economic crisis. The interventionist policies of the Third National Government were replaced by "Rogernomics", a commitment to a free market economy. Foreign policy after 1984 became more independent especially in pushing for a nuclear-free zone. Subsequent governments have generally maintained these policies, although tempering the free market ethos somewhat.New Zealand was first settled by Polynesians from Eastern Polynesia. Genetic and archaeological evidence suggests that humans emigrated from Taiwan via southeast Asia to Melanesia and then radiated eastwards into the Pacific in pulses and waves of discovery which gradually colonised islands from Samoa and Tonga all the way to Hawaii, the Marquesas, Easter Island, the Society Islands and, finally, New Zealand.[4] In New Zealand there are no human artifacts or remains dating earlier than the Kaharoa Tephra, a layer of volcanic debris deposited by the Mount Tarawera eruption around 1314.[5] The 1999 dating of some kiore (Polynesian rat) bones to as early as 100 CE[6] was later found to be an error; new samples of rat bone (and also of rat-gnawed shells and woody seed cases) mostly gave dates later than the Tarawera eruption with only three samples giving slightly earlier dates.[7] Pollen evidence of widespread forest fires a decade or two before the eruptions has been interpreted by some scientists as a possible sign of human presence, leading to a suggested first settlement period of 1280-1320.[4][8] However, the most recent synthesis of archaeological and genetic evidence concludes that, whether or not some settlers arrived before the Tarawera eruption, the main settlement period was in the decades after it, somewhere between 1320 and 1350, possibly involving a coordinated mass migration.[9] This scenario is also supported by a much debated, and now largely ignored, third line of evidence - traditional genealogies which point to 1350 as a probable arrival date for the main founding canoes from which most Māori trace their descent.[10][11] The descendants of these settlers became known as the Māori, forming a distinct culture of their own. The latter settlement of the tiny Chatham Islands in the east of New Zealand about 1500 produced the Moriori; linguistic evidence indicates that the Moriori were mainland Māori who ventured eastward.[12] There is no evidence of a pre-Māori civilisation in mainland New Zealand.[13][14] The original settlers quickly exploited the abundant large game in New Zealand, such as moa, which were large flightless ratites pushed to extinction by about 1500. As moa and other large game became scarce or extinct, Māori culture underwent major change, with regional differences. In areas where it was possible to grow taro and kūmara, horticulture became more important. This was not possible in the south of the South Island, but wild plants such as fernroot were often available and cabbage trees were harvested and cultivated for food. Warfare also increased in importance, reflecting increased competition for land and other resources. In this period, fortified pā became more common, although there is debate about the actual frequency of warfare. As elsewhere in the Pacific, cannibalism was part of warfare.[15] Leadership was based on a system of chieftainship, which was often but not always hereditary, although chiefs (male or female) needed to demonstrate leadership abilities to avoid being superseded by more dynamic individuals. The most important units of pre-European Māori society were the whānau or extended family, and the hapū or group of whānau. After these came the iwi or tribe, consisting of groups of hapū. Related hapū would often trade goods and co-operate on major projects, but conflict between hapū was also relatively common. Traditional Māori society preserved history orally through narratives, songs, and chants; skilled experts could recite the tribal genealogies (whakapapa) back for hundreds of years. Arts included whaikōrero (oratory), song composition in multiple genres, dance forms including haka, as well as weaving, highly developed wood carving, and tā moko (tattoo). New Zealand has no native land mammals (apart from some rare bats) so birds, fish and sea mammals were important sources of protein. Māori cultivated food plants which they had brought with them from Polynesia, including sweet potatoes (called kūmara), taro, gourds, and yams. They also cultivated the cabbage tree, a plant endemic to New Zealand, and exploited wild foods such as fern root, which provided a starchy paste.

The norway one sounds like a ambience that plays when the monster is in your house of nearby you in a horror game

Japan: everyone calm down! Germany and Italy: EVERYONE PARTYYY

Greece sounds super cool, like a reactor meltdown in an old sci-fi movie.

Bro I was chilling on my couch watching tv alone when I hear the EAS from the U.S.BLASTING from my phone down the hall, I have never jumped so high in my life

Japan actually uses their brain to make an eas that keeps you calm during an emergency unlike the panic attack most of us get here in the US.

I’ll always associate the USA one with the scared and helpless feeling of being close to a tornado. You can take shelter, but you get very little warning. We lived on the opposite end of the trailer park from the tornado shelter, so most of the time we didn’t have time to run there, especially at night or if it was already hailing. My stomach drops anytime I hear it, even though I’ve since moved somewhere where tornados aren’t a risk.

i am from Romania and at like 3 am the EAS just woke me up terrified and closed my phone off entirely. WHAT A LOVELY NIGHT

Japan:Evrebody stay calm,pls get in to jr houses, Greece:GODCANTSAVEYOUNOW

Actually the Iranian alarm is very well thought out. Lemme give you the context. In the early 1980s when there used to be a war going on in Iran they had these huge jet engine-like sirens that were installed all around the country. Cellphones weren't mainstream at the time and TV and radio while being popular, weren't exactly reliable since the power would go out in case an air strike to black out the entire city. And therefore they used these huge jet sounding sirens so you would be able to hear them everywhere. And they basically kept them this way since people were already familiar with it.

For those who are wondering what the voice in the Chinese EAS alarm is saying, it says 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1

Norway is just giving chills down my spine

I visited Mexico city for the first time and the 1st night we got this at around 12 to 1 am when you hear this alarm it means there only 1 minute left for something to happen

The reason that Japan has such a calm alarm is because Japan wants to keep its citizens calm instead of making them panic. Edit: "calm"

Italy and Germany: we die while vibing Israel: anyways were gonna die

Thanks for rating my alarm (switserland😊😊

I am in marching band, and that saudi arabia one sounds like something we would play.

Germany EAS sounds like a Boss battle and Italy sounds like someone having a party from future

Most alarms: WERE ABOUT TO DIE! Japan: guys were probably gonna die! ✨❤️🧚🏻‍♀️

2:02 that's some good beats

The finland remins me of ww1 radio calling or when its typing

【 THE TIMELINES FOR DIFFERENT COUNTRIES 】 0:08 USA 🇺🇸 0:16 Isreal 🇮🇱 0:21 Iran 🇮🇷 0:27 Chile 🇨🇱 0:33 Germany 🇩🇪 0:37 Japan 🇯🇵 0:45 Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦 0:48 New Zealand 🇳🇿 0:53 Malaysia 🇲🇾 0:57 Greece 🇬🇷 1:07 Poland 🇵🇱 1:10 China 🇨🇳 1:18 Taiwan 🇹🇼 1:20 Sweden 🇸🇪 1:26 Denmark 🇩🇰 1:30 Switzerland 🇨🇭 1:36 SOUTH Korea 🇰🇷 1:39 Spain 🇪🇸 1:44 France 🇫🇷 1:48 Brazil 🇧🇷 1:53 Finland 🇫🇮 1:56 Great Britain 🇬🇧 2:02 Italy 🇮🇹 2:08 Romania 🇷🇴 2:13 Russia 🇷🇺 2:18 Mexico 🇲🇽 2:23 India 🇮🇳 2:27 phillipenes 🇵🇭 2:31 Norway 🇳🇴 Also I spent a a lot of time creating these so yeah-

As an Italian person, i can confirm we just want to dance to italian siren dubstep before we get hit by a bomb. 🥰

Isreal: YOOOO THATS SCARY GERMANY:wdym this is a dance party

Norme used to be my favorite channel In 2021 Now its 2024 And its time to finally subcribe to him .

To be fair, Japan’s alarm siren still get me goosebumps. I lived in Japan during the 2011 Earthquake and this alarms goes off when a massive earthquake hits. And even if I’m not in Japan anymore, if I hear this, my knees go jelly from fear.

The Japan EAS Alarm is actually pretty good, its supposed to be calming so that kids don't panic and people can think properly rather than having the most creepiest alarm ever.

I find the cute alarms like Japan's more unnerving because it's trying to pretend its not something to panic about during say an earthquake or tsunami.

Bro my heart beat faster than when i look at cake. ( which is pretty fast.)

As a Greek, I can confirm that our EAS alarm is disturbing.

2:17 As a Mexican, hearing that alarm hitting while you see a bunch of dust dust rising in the air because of some structures falling apart and a lot of people running from everywhere because an earthquake just hit in is the most scary thing I've ever experienced.

Some of these are pretty good some need work establishing the skin crawling fear they need to convey through sound alone

I have heard this sound before the norwagian one XD

Pretty sure Japan is calm, because this happens ALOT, and they’re trying to calm down society

I'm Japanese, but I heard the alert of my country for the first time at the time of the Great East Japan Earthquake, so when I hear this sound since then, I'm scared to remember that time.

Finland sounds more like morse code than Romania. Japan sounds like either a "You found item" in a JRPG, or a text notification. Italy sounds like a rave.

Japan:so evrebody STAY calm once again,GREECE:GODCANTSAVENOOOOW

Italy dropping the bass while nuclear warhead is approaching

France: Literally beeping in certain patterns like (or is) Morse code. “Sounds like a microwave-“ Romania: Random Weeeeep-Weeeep-weep sounds. “Sounds like Morse code.!”

2:31 this gave me even more goosebumps then the qubo shutdown im so glad im not in Norway (sorry to the Norwegens)

🇮🇹 Italy: “omg were getting bombed!” Me there on vacation: 🕺

For Japan's alarm, just based on sound alone, i agree with the rating, HOWEVER, it's the knowledge of the sheer unyielding brutality of what happens after that makes it extremely unsettling. The earthquake in Kobe (The Great Hanshin Earthquake) or any major earthquake really strikes a different chord when you realize the things you deem the unordinary and familiar is being torn apart, ripped to shreds around you, from buildings to loved ones alike, and your sense of what reality is when you truly were in danger of losing EVERYTHING. Knowing this, THEN I'd have to disagree with the rating on that basis.

If I was a president of a country, this is how the alarm would sound like - *ENEMY AC-130 ABOVE!*

" Not scary at all " Well thats the point, Japan doesn't want to give people anxiety about the world ending so they give a soothing little ringtone to keep everyone from screaming their lungs out

2:02 we be vibing until the bunkers that you are in😂

As a Norwegian individual i almost shat myself at the end of this video.

1:10 The chinise voice is actually a countdown until the disaster strikes. It's really scary!

hearing the american one while you’re half asleep is the most terrifying thing ever

Norway sounds like some Out-of-Time Tremble-with-Terror You-are-Finished mess!

I live in norway and I had to hear that for 20 min i was crying

I honestly think Greece should have a higher rating because just imagine hearing that at midnight…

France just sounds like a ton of swearing getting censored lmao

france's eas is actually morse code for "run". im aussie but when i was visiting france they tested it and im like morse code?? oml they be telling me to run. also the aussie eas is spooky

the us one scared me the most, it reminds me of the purge for some reason

The Chinese eas alarm is actually an early earthquake alarm, the voice is actually a countdown that saves people’s lives, the countdown is a warning for people to take cover, it counts down to when the earthquake is estimated to start.

The voice in chinas alarm is basically a death countdown

I used to get scared to death from the America one whenever I was formed and I would go to my room and I hide underneath my bed

The bolied one phenomenal now