{
  "id": 2994406,
  "title": "Rare Ground Rupture Caught on Camera in Kumamoto Quake",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/24/rare-ground-rupture-caught-on-camera-in-kumamoto-quake",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-24T09:47:53.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Nippon.com News",
    "slug": "nippon-com-news",
    "url": "https://www.nippon.com/en/news/yjj2026082300190/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
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  "summary": "Kumamoto, Aug. 24 (Jiji Press)--A security camera in Kumamoto Prefecture has filmed the moment an earthquake in the southwestern Japan prefecture caused the ground to rupture and rise, marking only the second time in the world the phenomenon has been confirmed on video. The footage is \"extremely valuable for analyzing the mechanism of earthquakes,\" Ryusuke Imura, an associate professor of g...",
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  "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."
}