Japan issues false quake warning and apologizes
The Japan Meteorological Agency issued an apology after mistakenly issuing a warning of a 9.9 magnitude earthquake, which caused disruptions in transportation. In reality, the earthquake was a 6.9 magnitude event off the coast of the Russian Kamchatka Peninsula. The error temporarily halted transportation and triggered alerts on millions of phones due to a mistake in locating the earthquake's epicenter. This incident comes just before the anniversary of the devastating 2011 earthquake, which measured 9.0 and led to tsunamis resulting in approximately 18,500 deaths and the Fukushima plant disaster.
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