6.0 earthquake strikes off east coast of Japan

An earthquake measuring at least 6.0 magnitude has struck off the east coast of Japan, according to an U.S. Geological Survey alert sent out early Friday. The tremors were detected off the coast of Honshu at 7:59 a.m. UTC, or 4:59 p.m. local time, it said.

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