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Magnitude 5.1 quake hits Japan

7 July 2017, 13:39 PM

UPDATED 7 July 2017, 19:45 PM

WORLD

Reuters

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 struck 33 miles offshore and south-southeast of the city of Sendai in Japan at 8:48 am EDT (1248 GMT) on Friday, the US Geological Survey said.