An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck northeastern Japan early Saturday morning with strong shaking felt in Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, the weather agency said, but no tsunami ...
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.1 struck northeastern Japan early Saturday morning ... the weather agency said, but no tsunami warning was issued.
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