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An earthquake with an estimated magnitude of 4.4 struck off the coast of the Tokara Islands at about 12:42 p.m. on Sunday.

The Yomiuri Shimbun [posttime] JST, [postdate] Earthquakes struck off the coast of the Tokara Islands at about 2:04 p.m. and 2:11 p.m. on Sunday. Akusekijima Island, part of Kagoshima Prefecture’s ...