Sunday, June 15, 2008

Japan earthquake leaves 3 dead, 10 missing

A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 jolted wide areas in northeastern Japan Saturday morning, killing three people and leaving 10 missing.

More than 100 people were injured in the 8:43 a.m. quake, whose epicenter was about 8 km underground in southern Iwate Prefecture.

Japan Meteorological Agency in the afternoon revised the magnitude of the earthquake up to 7.2 from the original 7.0. Details

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