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A teenager has filmed a ' meteorite ' burning across the sky shortly after the Japanese earthquake struck.
The teen, known as Asuka, 16, from Japan, filmed the extraordinary sight trailing across the evening sky this evening.
A rough translation of her Tweet accompanying the video says: "A movie I took while preparing to die.
"Thought that it was a meteorite because there was an earthquake earlier. It is not a meteorite."
The video emerged as the country absorbed the 7.3 magnitude earthquake that has shaken Tokyo after striking off the coast of Japan.
Early reports said a tsunami warning had been issued after the incident off the coast of Fukushima, the site of the recent nuclear catastrophe.
United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported that the quake hit Namie, Futaba District, Fukushima.
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