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Dec 8’s quake caused buildings and bridges to sway and injured more than 30 people, according to local media.
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A powerful earthquake that jolted Japan’s northern coast on Dec 8 prompted the government to issue a rare advisory that the chance of a far larger and more destructive earthquake in the next week
While scientists cannot predict when, or whether, one will strike, the chance of a so-called megaquake occurring in the following week rose to 1 per cent.
