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Earthquake of magnitude 6.2 strikes off Japan’s Bonin islands: USGS

The quake at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), hit at 0540 GMT. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

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1 min readSingaporeNov 20, 2015 11:31 AM IST First published on: Nov 20, 2015 at 11:31 AM IST
earthwuake-759 Bonin islands, Japan. (Source: Google Maps)

An earthquake of magnitude 6.2 struck 112 km (70 miles) southeast of Japan’s Bonin islands on Friday, about 1,000 km south of the capital Tokyo, the US Geological Survey said.

The quake at a depth of 10 km (6 miles), hit at 0540 GMT. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.

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