Weather & Disasters
M5.7 earthquake jolts western Japan, no tsunami warning issued
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.7 jolted western Japan on Saturday, but no tsunami warning was issued, the country's Full article
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