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Earthquakes Jolt Japan
Pyongyang, May 8 (KCNA) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.3 jolted Fukushima Prefecture of Japan Friday.

The epicenter was some 10 km deep in the eastern part of the prefecture.

Earlier on May 5, there occurred a magnitude of 5.9 quake in the eastern area. Its epicenter was 10 km deep in the waters off Sanriku, Iwate Prefecture.

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