medium disasterVERIFIED🔥 VIRAL
Japan: a magnitude 5.7 earthquake injures at least 22
📍 Japan, JP·🕐 19m ago·15 outlets
The tremor struck the Shizuoka prefecture on Sunday, November 8, at 1:04 AM local time. Storefront windows shattered, but no tsunami is expected.
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✓ Verified · 15 outlets
Two or more outlets reported this story and its reliability score reached 65%, so WorldPulse marks it verified. That means more than one outlet says so, not that it is proven true.
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Location
Verification Log1
cross checkwarning60%
[Claude] The outlets differ: Report 1 places the 5.7 quake in Shizuoka, and Report 4 places it in Aichi, which conflicts with Report 1; Report 2's 'western Japan' is also inconsistent with Shizuoka, while Report 3's 'central Japa
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Reliability
Reliability ScoreVery high
98%Independent outlets10
Statusverified
AI checknone yet
Community flags0
Score bands
Very high80–100%
A highly rated outlet, or several independent outletsHigh60–79%
One well-rated outlet so farModerate40–59%
A lower-rated or state-run outlet, or one report of something seriousLow20–39%
A low-rated outlet on a serious or sensitive storyVery low0–19%
Treat it as unconfirmedWhat moves the score
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Outlet ratingThe outlet’s rating in WorldPulse’s list of sources starts the score
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Independent outletsEach further outlet that reports the story closes 40% of the gap to 98%
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Report detailsA few points either way: a summary and a place add a little; state-run outlets on conflict, politics or security, and single reports marked high or critical, lose some
Not in the score: AI checks and reader flags. Verified is separate: two or more independent outlets and a score of at least 65%.
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Risk Score
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