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National › 6.8 quake hits northeastern Japan; 76 injured

A strong earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 jolted northeastern Japan, including Iwate and Aomori prefectures, early Thursday, leaving 76 people injured and causing… ...full story at Japan Today

from Japan Today on Wed, Jul 23 2008

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