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Over 5,000 aftershocks have rattled Japanese quake zone
Paul Earle with USGS:
M6.4 - 93km E of Miyako, Japan 2012-05-20 07:20:37 UTC
And the biggest since devastating 2011 temblor/tsunami, a magnitude-6.4, just hit Sunday
By Andrea Mustain
OurAmazingPlanet
updated 5/23/2012 12:07:38 PM ET
Paul Earle with USGS:
"It's difficult to express how big this earthquake was compared to other earthquakes," Earle said. "When you have an earthquake this big, it totally reorients the stress that existed before it, and the Earth responds," he said.
M6.4 - 93km E of Miyako, Japan 2012-05-20 07:20:37 UTC
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