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Strong Quake Hits Tokyo's Remote Islands

Strong Quake Hits Tokyo's Remote Islands

   Tokyo, May 22 (Jiji Press)--An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 5.3 rocked remote islands of Tokyo in the Pacific on Monday, measuring lower 5, the fifth-highest level on Japan's seismic intensity scale, in the village of Toshima.
   The quake occurred at around 4:42 p.m. (7:42 a.m. GMT) at a depth of about 10 kilometers in waters near Niijima and Kozushima in the Izu Islands, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
   No tsunami was expected from the quake.

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