# Geographic range of Amber/Silver alerts

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**Created:** [September 10, 2017, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/geographic-range-of-amber-silver-alerts/796031 "2017-09-10T23:08:38Z")\
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Occasionally, I see alerts appear either on my phone, or in retail stores(Lottery retailers are required to display these alerts) about a missing child or senior hundreds of miles away. How large an area are the alerts sent to?