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Estimated 8.3 quake hits east of Kuriles

13 Jan 2007 05:14:17 GMT
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TOKYO, Jan 13 (Reuters) - An earthquake of preliminary 8.3 magnitude rocked the northern Pacific roughly east of the Kurile islands, prompting Japan to issue a tsunami warning for the eastern coast of its northernmost island of Hokkaido.

(Reporting by Elaine Lies, editing by Jeremy Laurence; Reuters messaging: elaine.lies.reuters.com@reuters.net; +81-3-3432-8018; elaine.lies@reuters.com))

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