Quake rocks Mie Prefecture
A magnitude-5.4 earthquake jolted central Japan April 15.
The quake was centered in Mie Prefecture and about 16 km underground, Meteorological agency official Kazumitsu Yoshikawa said.
The quake caused part of a stone wall to collapse at the more than 400-year-old Kameyama Castle, but nobody was injured, according to local police.
The Japan Times Weekly: April 21, 2007 (C) All rights reserved
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