M6.5 quake hits Shizuoka, vicinity

M6.5 quake hits Shizuoka, vicinity

SHIZUOKA, Japan - Part of the Tomei Expressway is damaged by a mudslide caused by a strong earthquake near the Makinohara service station in Shizuoka Prefecture, southwest of Tokyo, Aug. 11. The quake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.5 hit the prefecture and vicinity the same day.

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