(Corrects paragraph 1 to add word ... no ...) TOKYO, Aug 17 (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 hit near islands in southern Japan off the eastern coast of Taiwan on Monday, a Japanese government agency said, but there were no immediate reports of damage. The quake, at 9:11 a.m. (0011 GMT), struck near Japan's Ishigaki Island, an area 223 km (138 miles) east of Taiwan, said the Japan Meteorological Agency and the U.S. Geological Survey. A warning for a tsunami of around 50 cm (20 inches) was issued after quake. (Reporting by Chisa Fujioka; Editing by Rodney Joyce)
Two Turkish girls read the names of the deceased carved in marble at an earthquake memorial in Yalova August 16, 2009, on the 10th anniversary of a deadly Turkish earthquake. Turks ...
