Earthquake alert falsely reports magnitude 9.9 and intensity 7 in Japan

Posted by theo-steiner on Friday October 16, 2026 @12:04AM
from the twitter.com dept.

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Re:Earthquake alert falsely reports magnitude 9.9 and intens... by theo-steiner on Friday October 16, 2026 @12:07AM (#50113959)

OP here, still a bit shaky from this.

I've been living in Japan for quite a while now, but never in my life have I looked at my phone and seen a magnitude 9.9 earthquake warning.

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Re:Earthquake alert falsely reports magnitude 9.9 and intens... by komega on Friday October 16, 2026 @12:23AM (#50114056)

Yes, that was a very scary for 5 minutes or so, and a visceral reminder that alerting is difficult.

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