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| An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 has struck off the west coast of Japan's largest island, Honshu. | An earthquake of magnitude 7.1 has struck off the west coast of Japan's largest island, Honshu. |
| The quake was felt as far away as Tokyo, but so far no casualties or damage have been reported. | |
| The authorities have issued a tsunami warning for the Ishikawa prefecture, with waves of up to 50cm reported. | |
| The epicentre of the quake, which struck at 0944 (0044 GMT) was 300km (200 miles) north-west of Tokyo, the country's meteorological agency said. | |
| The focus of the tremor was at a depth of 50km (30 miles) below the seabed off the Noto Peninsula facing the Japan Sea, the agency said. | |
| Earthquakes are common in Japan, one of the world's most seismically active areas. | |
| In October 2004, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 struck the Niigata region in northern Japan, killing 65 people and injuring more than 3,000. | |
| In 1995 a magnitude 7.2 tremor killed more than 6,400 people in the city of Kobe. |