Earthquake strikes Hokkaido, Japan
An earthquake struck Hokkaido in northern Japan early Monday. The two outlets report slightly different magnitudes, 6.1 and 6.2 respectively. No damage or casualties were reported.
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Divergence score
2 outlets covered it, splitting into 2 framing camps across 2 bias groups.
2 camps
2 bias groups
The spectrum · how 2 outlets placed this story
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Reuters
NY Post
Supportive of action
Neutral
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Critical
Alarmist
International angle
Widest split · the two outlets furthest apart, and who published first
First to report
- Reutersfirst
- NY Post+9.6 h
By each outlet's earliest publish time in this story. Feeds that index slowly can appear later than they printed.
The split, in one line
Both outlets report the same quake with near-identical framing; the only split is a minor discrepancy between magnitude 6.1 and magnitude 6.2, likely reflecting different seismological agencies cited.
How each outlet covered it
Lightly covered so far
Too few outlets to map a left-right split. Here is each take as it stands.
Sparse coverage · 2 outlets
“Magnitude 6.1 earthquake strikes Hokkaido, Japan, GFZ says”
“Magnitude 6.2 earthquake shakes part of northern Japan”
5 tracked claims across 2 outlets
Fact ledger
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Disputed
The earthquake had a magnitude of 6.1
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