False Smartphone Alert of Huge Earthquake Triggers Panic in Japan

‘I prepared to die,’ one person tweeted after erroneous alert said magnitude-9.1 quake had struck An erroneous alert that a massive earthquake had hit the Tokyo area sent many people in Japan into a brief panic on Monday and disrupted some train services. The Japanese Meteorological Agency sent the alert just after 5pm, saying a magnitude-9.1 quake had struck. It … Continue reading →