A powerful earthquake with a maximum intensity of just under 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 struck in the Hyuganada Sea off Miyazaki Prefecture around 4:43 p.m. on Aug. 8, prompting ...

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The meteorological agency said the quake had an intensity of 7 on the Japanese scale of 7 in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture, and upper 6 in parts of Miyagi, Fukushima, Ibaraki and Tochigi ...