The earthquake hit at 8:16 am (2316 GMT Wednesday) with the shallow focus located in Nagano prefecture, some 180 kilometres (110 miles) northwest of Tokyo, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. A 5.4 magnitude earthquake shook central Japan on Thursday, seismologists said, injuring several people and causing cracks in a 16th-century samurai castle listed as a national treasure. It was followed by smaller aftershocks. The tremor damaged Matsumoto Castle in Nagano, causing cracks in the inner w
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Japan earthquake June 30 2011
