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Japan uses a sophisticated emergency alert system due to frequent earthquakes. This system instantly alerts the public via mobile phones and public loudspeakers.
While emergency alarms coming from mobile phones and warnings from city loudspeakers brought the people to the streets, Shinkansen high-speed train services were stopped for 15 minutes. The earthquake warning, covering Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto, Hokuriku, Koshin, Tokai and Izu Islands, was announced to the public through loudspeakers in public areas as well as mobile phones. Citizens experienced short-term confusion in the streets and buildings. However, the earthquake was a slight tremor that almost no one noticed.
WITHDRAWED AFTER 8 MINUTES
The system, which misjudged the 6.9 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula, warned that a historic disaster could occur. The Japan Meteorological Agency withdrew the first alert, issuing a second emergency notification 8 minutes later to correct the error. Authorities launched an investigation to prevent the mistake from being repeated.
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The Japan Meteorological Agency will complete the technical inspection of the emergency warning system.
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