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Source: People's Republic of China – State Council News
TOKYO, December 10 (Xinhua) — At least 52 people were injured in northeastern and northern Japan after a 7.5-magnitude earthquake struck the region, local media reported on Wednesday.
Authorities in Aomori, Hokkaido and Iwate prefectures confirmed that 37, 11 and four people, respectively, were injured, the Kyodo News Agency reported.
A total of more than 300 schools were closed on Tuesday in Hokkaido, Aomori, Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, but most schools reopened on Wednesday, except for some schools damaged by the earthquake, the report said.
According to the Japan Meteorological Agency, the tremors occurred on Monday at 11:15 p.m. local time off the Pacific coast of Aomori. The magnitude of the earthquake reached 6 out of 7 on the Japanese seismic scale in some parts of Aomori.
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