A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 strikes central Japan, meteorological agency says

ABC News - International and Washington's Top News (WTOP) describe the same event in different terms.

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What happenedTOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 strikes central Japan, meteorological agency says.

What changedThe left frames it as "Earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 5.7 strikes Japan". The center frames it as "A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 strikes central Japan, meteorolog...".

ConfidenceLow. Two-source or narrow-bucket comparison.

Archive healthDeveloping · 2 sources · 2 buckets

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Still Watching. The left frames it as "Earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 5.7 strikes Japan". The center frames it as "A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 strikes central Japan, meteorolog...".

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Nov 7, 11:26 PM: Washington's Top News (WTOP) joined the source map.

Nov 8, 12:00 AM: ABC News - International joined the source map.

Now: Wording Gap is 43/99 and story health is developing · 2 sources · 2 buckets.

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ABC News - International37m ago

Earthquake with preliminary magnitude of 5.7 strikes Japan

A strong earthquake with a preliminary reading of magnitude 5.7 has struck central Japan

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Washington's Top News (WTOP)40m ago

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 strikes central Japan, meteorological agency says

TOKYO (AP) — A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 strikes central Japan, meteorological agency says.

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