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TOKYO - A strong 6.0-magnitude earthquake shook southern Japan on Tuesday, the country's meteorological agency said, but there was no risk of a tsunami and no immediate reports of casualties or damage.
The tremor, which struck at 4:42 pm (0742 GMT), jolted areas around Japan's southernmost island of Okinawa, the agency said.
The epicentre was located in the waters off Okinawa's main island, at a depth of 50 kilometres (30 miles).
Japan experiences 20 percent of the world's major earthquakes. A powerful quake in the northern prefecture of Miyagi on June 13 killed 12 people.
- AFP /ls
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