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(Update) Strong Quake Jolts Western Japan, Triggering Tsunami Warning

(Update) Strong Quake Jolts Western Japan, Triggering Tsunami Warning

   Tokyo, Jan. 13 (Jiji Press)--A strong earthquake struck southwestern Japan Monday night, triggering a tsunami warning for Kochi and Miyazaki prefectures.
   The earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 6.9 measured lower 5, the fifth-highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, in the Miyazaki towns of Takanabe and Shintomi and the city of Miyazaki.
   The earthquake occurred at around 9:19 p.m. local time at a depth of about 30 kilometers in the Hyuga Sea off the coast of Miyazaki, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
   The agency said it was investigating a possible relationship between the earthquake and a megaquake that may occur in the Nankai Trough off the country's Pacific coast.

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