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Major earthquake hits Aomori, Japan [View all]
This just popped up on Japanese TV and has been verified by Yahoo Weather Japan.
https://typhoon.yahoo.co.jp/weather/jp/earthquake/
Aomori is in the northernmost part of the island of Honshu. The earthquake registered 7.6 on the Richter scale, and 6+ on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, one point below "catastrophic." A tsunami warning has been issued for Japan's Pacific coast from FukushimaPrefecture all the way up through Hokkaido. People along the coast are being advised to evacuate.
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