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5.5-magnitude quake strikes off Japan’s Aomori Prefecture: JMA
TOKYO, Dec. 19 (BSS/Xinhua) — An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude
of 5.5 struck off the coast of Japan’s Aomori Prefecture on Thursday, the
weather agency here said.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), the temblor, which
occurred at 3:21 p.m. local time, was centered off the coast of Aomori
Prefecture, Japan’s northernmost part of Honshu Island, with its epicenter at
a latitude of 40.5 degrees north and a longitude of 142.2 degrees east, and
at depth of 50 km.
BSS/Xinhua/MSY/1548 hrs