On October 16, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) issued an early warning for a magnitude 9.9 earthquake, prompting phones, public loudspeakers and the NERV disaster app to sound and urging residents to take shelter. No quake struck Japan; a magnitude 6.9 quake occurred off Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, and Japan recorded only Shindo intensity 1. The warning was withdrawn at 12:48, with JMA saying its system misidentified the epicenter and overestimated intensity, and it ruled out a cyberattack. The Tokaido Shinkansen was suspended for 15 minutes after its automatic safety system triggered, and JMA is investigating the cause.
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Original headline: Nhật Bản phát nhầm cảnh báo động đất 9,9 độ khiến cư dân náo loạn
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