| Earthquake 100 miles away wakes up residents of Tokyo |
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| May 7 04:11 PM
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TOKYO (AP) - A strong earthquake struck off the
coast of Japan early Thursday, the national Meteorological Agency said, waking
up people 100 miles away in Tokyo.
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magnitude 6.8 earthquake,at 1:45 a.m. offshore at a depth of about 25
miles, The epicenter was about 100 miles northeast of Tokyo.
A second quake with a magnitude of 5.3 struck the same area about 30
minutes later, and more aftershocks could follow,
Japan is one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world because it
sits atop four tectonic plates. Tokyo has not been hit by a major quake since
1923, when 140,000 people died in the Great Kanto Earthquake.
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