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Earthquake jolts
Tokyo

Thursday,
August 16, 2007 03:37 AM

TOKYO (AFP) - A moderate earthquake jolted Tokyo
early Thursday, waking up residents from their beds.

The
earthquake measured 5.3 on the Richter scale and was 30 kilometres
(20 miles) deep. It struck at 4:15 am (1915 GMT Wednesday) in Chiba
prefecture just east of Tokyo, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

There was no immediate news on damage from the earthquake,
which swayed buildings in central Tokyo.

Japan experiences
20 percent of the world's powerful earthquakes. An earthquake last
month in central Japan registered 6.8 on the Richter scale and
killed 11 people.

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