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National › M5.1 quake hits northeastern Japan

A fairly strong earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.1 hit the Tohoku region of northeastern Japan on Saturday, jolting northern Ibaraki Prefecture close to… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Sat, Jul 05 2008

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