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More than 200 reported injured in Japan quake - NHK

18 June 2018 - 08:19 By Reuters
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Damaged Myotoku-ji temple caused by an earthquake is seen in Ibaraki, Osaka prefecture, western Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo June 18, 2018.
Damaged Myotoku-ji temple caused by an earthquake is seen in Ibaraki, Osaka prefecture, western Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo June 18, 2018.
Image: Kyodo/via REUTERS

More than 200 people were injured in a 6.1-magnitude earthquake that struck Japan's second-largest metropolis of Osaka and surrounding areas on Monday morning, public broadcaster NHK reported.

The quake, which hit just before 8 a.m. (2300 GMT Sunday), killed three people, including a 9-year-old girl, halted factory lines and burst water mains, government officials and NHK said.  

Water flows out from cracks in a road damaged by an earthquake in Takatsuki, Osaka prefecture, western Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo June 18, 2018.
Water flows out from cracks in a road damaged by an earthquake in Takatsuki, Osaka prefecture, western Japan, in this photo taken by Kyodo June 18, 2018.
Image: Kyodo/via
Bottled drinks are scattered on the floor of a shop after an earthquake hit Osaka, Japan June 18, 2018, in this still image taken from a video obtained from social media.
Bottled drinks are scattered on the floor of a shop after an earthquake hit Osaka, Japan June 18, 2018, in this still image taken from a video obtained from social media.
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