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Wednesday, March 30, 2011

6.4-magnitude earthquake hits off east coast of Japan's Honshu

Wed Mar30, 2011 14:18:31

BEIJING, March 30 (Xinhua) -- An earthquake measuring 6.4 on the Richter scale jolted the waters off the east coast of Honshu, Japan at 13:29 p.m. Beijing Time Wednesday, according to the China Earthquake Network Center.

The epicenter, with a depth of 30 km, was monitored at 36.2 degrees north latitude and 142.4 degrees east longitude, the center said in a statement.