WORLD IN BRIEF : GLOBAL : Quakes Jolt Japan, Soviet Union, Islands
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Strong earthquakes were reported in the Soviet Union and Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. A 6.3-magnitude quake shook the Caucasus mountain range in Soviet Georgia, the same area that was devastated by an earthquake in April, and reports said at least one person was killed and 15 hospitalized. In Japan, a 5.2-magnitude quake jolted a rural area more than 200 miles north of Tokyo. No damage was reported. Meanwhile, a magnitude 6.6 quake centered in the southwest Atlantic Ocean shook the Sandwich Islands.
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