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Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake Strikes Ibaraki Prefecture Outside of Tokyo

A magnitude 5.9 earthquake struck Japan at around 2:00 a.m. Sunday morning. The quake registered a lower 5 on Japan’s seven-level seismic intensity scale in Ibaraki Prefecture.

  • Magnitude 5.9 earthquake hits Ibaraki Prefecture early Sunday
  • Epicenter located 70 km deep in southern Ibaraki
  • Tokyo areas felt tremors at 5 and 4 on seismic scale

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