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Earthquake jolts eastern Japan, felt in Tokyo

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.4 jolted eastern Japan on Wednesday, public broadcaster NHK said.

Updated on: Aug 18, 2011, 13:39:58 IST
Reuters | By , Tokyo
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An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.4 jolted eastern Japan on Wednesday, public broadcaster NHK said.

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The quake, which struck at 9:23am (0023 GMT), was also felt in Tokyo.

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage and no tsunami warning was issued, NHK said.

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