Strong quake jolts Kagoshima Pref. island chain in Japan

Strong quake jolts Kagoshima Pref. island chain in Japan

A Japan Meteorological Agency official briefs reporters in Tokyo on Dec. 9, 2021, after a strong earthquake jolted an island chain in Kagoshima Prefecture, measuring upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 on Akuseki Island.

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