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At least 27 people were injured when a powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.2 rocked Japan’s north-east coast.

A tsunami alert was issued by Japan’s meteorological agency but later lifted after two small waves a few centimetres high hit the coastline.

The quake’s epicentre is thought to have been 20km (12.4 miles) below the ocean off Miyagi prefecture, striking at around 1146 (0246GMT).

It shook buildings in the capital Tokyo, some 300km (186 miles) away.

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