{
  "id": 2786541,
  "title": "Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake Strikes Ibaraki, Jolting Tokyo Metropolitan Area",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/23/magnitude-5-9-earthquake-strikes-ibaraki-jolting-tokyo-metropolitan",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-23T06:09:58.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Japan News by The Yomiuri Shimbun",
    "slug": "the-japan-news-by-the-yomiuri-shimbun",
    "url": "https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/general-news/20260823-345106/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.9 struck southern Ibaraki Prefecture at 2 a.m. on Sunday, registering a lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Tsukuba, Ibaraki Prefecture.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": []
  },
  "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."
}