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Japan False Earthquake Alert Not Cyberattack
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Japan received a false emergency alert for a 9.9-magnitude earthquake at 12:40 p.m. local time Friday, which the Japan Meteorological Agency withdrew eight minutes later. Officials state it was not a cyberattack but a formula error, though a 6.9 quake occurred near Russia. A train line was disrupted in Japan, and the alert caused mass panic.
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