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6.2 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Japan

Japanese officials said there could be small waves but no tsunami danger.

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A 6.2-magnitude earthquake struck Japan on Friday. 

Officials said there was no preliminary damage and no tsunami threat.

The earthquake struck Ishikawa prefecture near the central-west coast of the main Japanese island of Honshu, according to the US Geological Survey's earthquake information center.

Japan's Kyodo News agency reported that there was nothing concerning at a nearby nuclear power plant in Niigata Prefecture. 

Japanese officials said there could be small waves but no tsunami danger. 

Japan is one of the world's most earthquake-prone nations. A massive 2011 quake in the country's northeast caused a devastating tsunami and nuclear plant meltdown that still reverberates today.  

(With AP inputs)