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Japan Withdraws Erroneous Magnitude 9.9 Earthquake Alert

How this story moved: how many newsrooms carried it at each run, when each one picked it up, how our summary's headline changed, and which figures and names held from the first reports to the latest. Everything here is counted from the coverage; none of it is a judgement of anyone's motives.

OUTLETS CARRYING THE STORY, RUN BY RUN

0 17 34 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22 Oct 16 Oct 12:18 UTC · Japan Withdraws Erroneous Magnitude 9.9 Earthquake Alert

HOW OUR HEADLINE CHANGED · 1 HEADLINE

  1. 16 Oct, 12:18 UTC

    Japan Withdraws Erroneous Magnitude 9.9 Earthquake Alert

WHAT HELD, WHAT CAME LATER

From the first reports to the latest

  • 7 earthquake strikes · 5 outlets

Entered the story later

  • 7 quake strikes · from 22 Oct 16:15, 2 outlets