6.8 EARTHQUAKE JOLTS CENTRAL JAPAN (STA BREAKING NEWS and ARCHIVES)

by STANews , Saturday, November 22, 2014, 11:30

A 6.8-magnitude earthquake has hit central Japan at a shallow depth of 10 kilometres, Japan’s Meteorological Agency reports. No tsunami warning has been issued.

The quake struck at 22:08 local time (13:08 GMT) and was centered in the Nagano Prefecture on the main island of Honshu, about 16 kilometers northeast of the city of Omachi.

Several people have reported injuries to Nagano fire department, Japan’s Kyodo news agency stated. One woman has been reported killed and 15 have been wounded. Some of the injured are under a collapsed building. Three homes have collapsed and four people are still unaccounted for, according to the agency.

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