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M5.5 quake jolts Kanto-Koshin region
TOKYO (Kyodo) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 Saturday morning jolted the Kanto-Koshin region including Yamanashi, Kanagawa and Tokyo, and Shizuoka prefecture, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The 7:43 a.m. quake measured lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in the eastern part of Yamanashi Prefecture, where its focus was located at a depth of about 20 kilometers, and 4 in parts of Kanagawa and Shizuoka, the agency said.
There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage from the quake and no tsunami warning was issued.
(Mainichi Japan) January 28, 2012
