Strong earthquake hits Japan

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2. Actually, there have been two earthquakes of M6.1 or greater today in Japan

The first one, the 6.8, occurred a little after 6:00 p.m. local (Japan) time, and was centered about 150 miles off the coasts of Hokkaido and northeastern Honshu. There was apparently no damage from that one, as the highest Japanese intentity value was only a 4. The second one occurred about 3 hours later, several hundred miles toward the south, just off the coast of Ibaraki/Chiba prefectures. It was a 6.1, but was closer to land and there was greater intensity (5+ at Kamisu Town, Ibaraki, and across the Tone River at Choshi City, Chiba, meaning there could have been some minor damage).