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4.7-magnitude quake rocks Japan's Noto region

The temblor in Ishikawa prefecture hit the region at 12:36 pm local time (0336 GMT) and was epicentre at a latitude of 37.4 degrees north and a longitude of 137.2 degrees east with a depth of 10 km, the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. Due to the quake, horizontal shaking was felt in the city of Wajima for about five seconds, which measures 4 on Japan’s seismic intensity scale which peaks at 7. No tsunami warning has been issued.