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Earlier, the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) stated that an earthquake of magnitude 6.6 was experienced near the North Pacific Ocean, off the coast of Iwate Prefecture in Japan, at 13:33 pm.

This resilience can be attributed to Japan's stringent building codes and emergency preparedness protocols, which have been developed in response to the country’s long history of earthquakes.

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The Indonesian coast was struck by four earthquakes over the past 24 hours, according to the United States Geological Survey (USGS).