Fairly strong earthquake hits east Japan

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Fairly strong earthquake hits east Japan

A fairly strong earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted eastern Japan Sunday morning.

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A fairly strong earthquake measuring 5.6 on the Richter scale jolted eastern Japan Sunday morning.

According to Japanese Meteorological Agency, the quake, which occurred at around 08:02 a.m. (2302 GMT), was strongly felt in Tokyo and several prefectures in east Japan.

The earthquake is also measured a maximum intensity of 4 on theseven-level Japanese seismic scale, the agency said.

There is no death reported so far.

Source: Xinhua

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