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The Japan News/Yomiuri
The Japan News/Yomiuri
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The Yomiuri Shimbun

Strong quake hits north of Tokyo

A magnitude-4.6 earthquake hit Gunma Prefecture at 3:27 p.m. on Sunday, registering a lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Shibukawa, Gunma Prefecture. There was no threat of tsunami as a result of the quake.

The focus of the quake was located about 14 kilometers underground in the south of the prefecture. An intensity of 4 was recorded in the Gunma's municipalities of Numata, Maebashi, Kiryu, Isesaki, Higashiagatsuma and Yoshioka, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

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