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Tue, 06/14/2011 - 09:46
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Five-point earthquake occurs off Honshu eastern coast

VLADIVOSTOK, June 14 (Itar-Tass) - An earthquake with a magnitude of
5.2 occurred off the eastern coast of the Japanese island of Honshu on the
night from Monday to Tuesday. The focus of the earth jolt was at a depth
of 33 km, the Geophysical Service of the Russian Academy of Sciences
reported.
The epicenter of the quake was in the Pacific Ocean, 135 km south-east
of the city of Iwaki. There has been no information about the aftermath of
the temblor.

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