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Strong Magnitude-6.1 Earthquake hits Japan
By Indo Asian News Service | IANS
Beijing, May 5 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter
scale was recorded off the east coast of Honshu at 14.58.21 GMT
Thursday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
The epicentre, with a depth of 24.20 km, was initially determined
to be at 38.1730 degrees north latitude and 144.0398 degrees east
longitude, Xinhua reported.