A Series of Earthquakes Hit Tokara Islands, No Tsunami Threat

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The Japan Meteorological Agency

An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 3.4 struck off the coast of the Tokara Islands in Kagoshima Prefecture at 9:10 a.m. on Friday. Suwanosejima Island in the village of Toshima registered a 4 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7.

A similar tremor was also observed in the island around 8:11 a.m.

There was no threat of a tsunami from these quakes, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

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