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Four Injured in 7.2-Magnitude Earthquake in Northeastern Japan

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Tokyo, June 25 (IANS) At least four people were injured after a 7.2-magnitude earthquake struck northeastern Japan on Thursday morning, local media reported. The temblor, revised up from a preliminary magnitude of 6.9, occurred at around 7:30 a.m. local time off the eastern coast of Iwate Prefecture at a depth of about 40 km. It measured upper 6, the second-highest level on Japan’s seismic scale of 7, in Hashikami Town and lower 6 in Hachinohe City, both in Aomori Prefecture, the Japan Meteorolo…