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An earthquake 7.4 Mw(according to JMA) occurred on 16th March 2022 at around 23:36 p.m. JST, off the coast of Fukushima Prefecture, northeast Japan.

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W-phase mechanism

(Earthquake and Volcano Information Center :Associate Prof. TSURUOKA Hiroshi)