Japan withdraws erroneous 9.9-magnitude earthquake alert after eight minutes

Kathmandu, October 16 Japan’s Meteorological Agency mistakenly issued an alert warning of a possible 9.9-magnitude earthquake on Friday following an earthquake near Russia’s Kamchatka Peninsula. The agency withdrew the alert about eight minutes later. According to the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC), a 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck the Kamchatka region. Japan’s Meteorological…