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Magnitude-6.8 earthquake strikes Nagano city in central Japan; no tsunami warning issued


Dalia Ibrahim
Digital Reporter

Saturday, November 22, 2014, 3:09 PM - A strong earthquake has hit central Japan causing some damage, but no tsunami warning has been issued.

The Japan Meteorological Agency says the magnitude-6.8 earthquake hit parts of Nagano city and surrounding areas the hardest. 


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The U.S. Geological Survey says the quake's magnitude was 6.2. 

The earthquake struck at 10:08 p.m. Japan time (1308 GMT) on Saturday at a depth of 10 kilometres. 

Japanese media reported that the Shinkansen bullet train service in the area was suspended after the earthquake.

One of the hardest-hit areas appeared to be Hakuba, a ski town west of Nagano that hosted events in the 1998 games. Ten homes collapsed there, said Shigeharu Fujimura, a Nagano prefecture disaster management official. 

Nine people were trapped underneath the collapsed houses, but they all were rescued, and none had life-threatening injuries, said Hakuba official Tomoyuki Shimokawa.

With files from The Associated Press

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