An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.0 on Friday jolted 111 km ENE of Hachinohe, Japan with a depth of 46.06 km, the U.S. Geological Survey said.
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China will spend 36 million yuan (5.4 million U.S. dollars) on geological disaster surveys in the northwestern Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, authorities said Sunday.