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(Update 3) Strong Quake Strikes Remote Islands in Southwestern Japan

(Update 3) Strong Quake Strikes Remote Islands in Southwestern Japan

Toshima Mayor Genichiro Kubo speaks at a press conference at an office in the city of Kagoshima on Thursday.
Toshima Mayor Genichiro Kubo speaks at a press conference at an office in the city of Kagoshima on Thursday.

   Kagoshima, July 3 (Jiji Press)--Another strong earthquake struck the Tokara Islands, a remote island chain off the coast of Kagoshima Prefecture, southwestern Japan, on Thursday.
   The 5.5-magnitude quake measured lower 6, the third-highest level on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, on Akusekijima, one of the islands and part of the village of Toshima.
   It struck around 4:13 p.m. at a depth of about 20 kilometers, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. There was no tsunami.
   Seventy-six people, including residents, who were on Akusekijima when the quake struck were confirmed to be safe, with no injuries reported, Toshima officials said.
   Toshima Mayor Genichiro Kubo said that the village plans to evacuate residents willing to leave Akusekijima. The first group of 13 people are scheduled to leave for the city of Kagoshima aboard a ship set to depart shortly past 7 a.m. on Friday.

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