Earthquake of 7.6 magnitude strikes in Japan.
An earthquake struck the Noto peninsula at around 4:10 p.m., local time, and had a magnitude of 7.6 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. According to the United States Geological Survey, the earthquake measured 7.5 magnitude. An aftershock is usually a smaller earthquake that follows a larger one in the …