{
  "id": 14935390,
  "title": "Japan Meteorological Agency Retracts Warning of Huge Quake",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/japan-meteorological-agency-retracts-warning-of-huge-quake",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-16T10:18:28.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026101600527/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Tokyo, Oct. 16 (Jiji Press)--The Japan Meteorological Agency on Friday canceled an emergency earthquake warning after erroneously estimating that a magnitude-9.9 earthquake had occurred in the Chishima Islands off the northernmost Japan prefecture of Hokkaido the same day. The agency issued the erroneous warning at 12:40 p.m., predicting that Hokkaido and the Tohoku region in northeastern J...",
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Bernama",
        "title": "World : Japan Agency Cancels Mistakenly Issued Quake Warning, Trains Disrupted",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/16/world-japan-agency-cancels-mistakenly-issued-quake-warning-trains",
        "published": "2026-10-16T10:29:55.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}