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[March 11, 2006]

LEAD: M4.8 quake rattles northeastern Japan+

(Japan Economic Newswire Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge)TOKYO, March 12_(Kyodo) _ (EDS: UPDATING)

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 rocked northeastern Japan on Sunday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

No tsunami warning was issued.

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage from the 7:06 a.m. quake.

The quake registered 3 on the Japanese intensity scale of 7 in Nambutaira and Hashikami in Aomori Prefecture and Hironoono and Moriokatamayama in Iwate Prefecture, the agency said.

The quake was also felt in Hokkaido, Miyagi and Akita prefectures.

The focus of the quake was in the Pacific off Iwate Prefecture, the agency said.

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