朝日新聞社：Powerful earthquake hits Iwate Prefecture in Japan

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asahi.com（朝日新聞社）：Powerful earthquake hits Iwate PrefectureA - English
temblor with a magnitude of 7.2 hit southern Iwate Prefecture at around 8:43 a.m. Saturday, leaving at least five people confirmed dead, 14 missing and more than 150 others injured as of 9 p.m.

The earthquake was focused about 10 kilometers underground, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

It registered an upper 6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Oshu, Iwate Prefecture, and in Kurihara, Miyagi Prefecture. It was also felt in Tokyo, where it registered a 3 on the intensity scale.

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