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Magnitude 6.2 Earthquake Shakes Japan's Hokkaido With No Damage Reported

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•A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck near Sarabetsu on Hokkaido at a depth of 81 kilometers, per the US Geological Survey.
•No damage, injuries, or tsunami warnings were reported following the quake.
•The event occurred one week after a 7.7 magnitude earthquake in the same region, fueling existing mega-quake concerns in Japan.
•The earthquake's considerable depth likely reduced surface-level shaking intensity.
•A separate and unrelated 3.5 magnitude earthquake was recorded in Kyrgyzstan by the national seismology institute.

Sources

Earthquake with magnitude of about 3.5 hits Kyrgyzstan - | 24.KG

Powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake strikes Japan a week after 7.7 megaquake

Indiatoday

Magnitude 6.2 earthquake shakes part of northern Japan

Indiatimes

Hokkaido struck by 6.2 quake amid growing Japan mega-quake fears

Malaymail

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