Japan gov't issues false strong quake alert by error

The Japanese weather agency said it issued Thursday morning a false strong earthquake alert to wide areas of Japan due to errors in locating the quake's focus and estimating its magnitude, with train services disrupted by the mistake.The 9:38 a.m. alert issued via smartphones in central to northeastern Japan warned of a quake with a magnitude of 7.3 and a focus south of the Boso Peninsula in Chiba Prefecture, near Tokyo.But the agency said it later found a magnitude 5.8 quake occurred at around 9:36 a.m. with the focus below the surface off the uninhabited Tori Island in the Pacific, about …READ FULL ARTICLE