Strong 6.8-Magnitude Earthquake Rocks Northern Japan

Japan's weather agency says an earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 struck off the northern Japanese coast.

The Meteorological Agency says there was no danger of a tsunami, or seismic waves, from the 12:26 a.m. Thursday (11:26 a.m. Wednesday EDT) quake, which occurred about 75 miles below the ocean's surface off the coast of Iwate in Japan's Eastern Honshu region.

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