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TOKYO — A magnitude-6.8 earthquake hit between Japan’s southernmost islands and the coast of Taiwan today, briefly prompting a tsunami warning, the Japanese Meteorological Agency said.
The quake struck at 9:06 a.m. about 80 miles southwest of Ishigaki. The Japanese resort island is about 125 miles east of Taiwan and 1,000 miles south of Tokyo.
The quake struck at a depth of about 6 miles, the agency said.
Ishigaki police official Naoto Otake said there were no immediate reports of damage or casualties on the island, where 40,000 people live.
