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Agency: Strong Quakes Hit Southwestern Japan, SMall Tsunami Possible
itudes of 6.2, struck shortly before and then after the larger temblor, the agency said.
All the quakes struck near the island of Miyakojima, 1,130 miles southwest of Tokyo, part of the Ryukyu islands chain that stretches southwest toward Taiwan.
Japan is one of the world's most earthquake-prone countries.