Two dead, over 100 injured after a powerful 6.7 earthquake hit Japan's northern island of Hokkaido

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• A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido at about 3 a.m. local time on Thursday.
• Two people were killed, and more than 140 others were injured following landslides and powerful aftershocks triggered by the quake.
• While no tsunami warning has been issued, widespread power outages have been reported.
• The quake's epicenter is about 27.3 kilometers (17 miles) east of the city of Tomakomai, which has a population of about 175,000, and 64.8 kilometers (40.3 miles) southeast of Sapporo.
• An aftershock measuring magnitude 5.3 hit the region just minutes after the first quake.

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A magnitude 6.7 earthquake has hit northern Japan near the major city of Sapporo, the US Geological Survey (USGS) reports.

The agency said the earthquake struck the northern island of Hokkaido at about 3 a.m. local time on Thursday and had a depth of 33.4 kilometers (21 miles).USGS

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