Park Joong-hoon, startled by earthquake alert immediately after arriving in Tokyo, Japan… Turns out to be a false alarm from the Korea Meteorological Administration

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Actor Park Joong-hoon revealed that he received an earthquake alert as soon as he arrived in Tokyo, Japan.

On the 16th, Park shared a post on his social media saying "Earthquake alert right after arriving in Tokyo," along with a screenshot of an emergency disaster text message.

The published photo contained guidance from the Japanese Korea Meteorological Administration stating, "Emergency Earthquake Information: Prepare for strong shaking. Calmly find a safe place nearby."

However, it was confirmed that the emergency earthquake information had been issued in error. The Japan Meteorological Agency announced around 12:40 p.m. that an estimated magnitude 9.9 earthquake had occurred in the Kuril Islands, and issued an emergency earthquake alert for areas ranging from Hokkaido to central Japan.

However, no strong shaking was actually observed in the affected area, and the Korea Meteorological Administration canceled the emergency earthquake information approximately eight minutes later, around 12:48 p.m.

The Japanese Korea Meteorological Administration explained that a false alert had been issued because the magnitude of the earthquake was estimated to be excessively high compared to reality. The agency held a press conference at 2 p.m. that day and bowed its head, saying, "We deeply apologize for the great inconvenience caused. We are very sorry."

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