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/ 26 November 2007

Strong earthquake shakes Japan

A 6,2-magnitude earthquake hit near the city of Iwaki in Japan on Monday, the United States Geological Survey said, revising it to a slightly stronger quake than it initially reported. Strong earthquakes have also hit Indonesia and India since Sunday, killing at least three people in central Indonesia.

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/ 26 November 2007

Quakes kill at least three on Indonesian island

At least three people were killed and 45 injured when powerful earthquakes struck off the coast of Sumbawa island in central Indonesia, a health ministry official said on Monday. Several buildings, including a health clinic, collapsed in the island’s Bima district, said Rustam Pakaya, the head of the health ministry’s crisis centre.