Earthquake hits Japan
March 14th, 2010 - 4:43 pm ICT by IANSTokyo, March 14 (IANS) An earthquake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale jolted northeastern Japan Sunday, authorities said.
The quake occurred at 5.08 p.m. and was located some 40 km under the sea east of Fukushima Prefecture, the Japan meteorological agency said.
Xinhua news agency reported that the seismic waves spread to neighbouring Miyagi, Tochigi, Iwate, Aomori and Akita Prefectures. Tremors were also felt in buildings in Tokyo.
There were no immediate reports of casualties.
The quake occurred a day after another temblor of 5.7 magnitude shook the same region.
- Strong quake hits Japan - Mar 27, 2012
- 6.5 magnitude quake rocks northeastern Japan, tsunami warning lifted - Mar 28, 2011
- Tsunami warning issued after quake hits Japan (Lead, Changing dateline) - Jul 10, 2011
- 6.8 magnitude quake jolts Japan (Lead) - Mar 14, 2012
- Japan issues tsunami alter after 6.8-magnitude quake - Aug 19, 2011
- Strong earthquake shakes northeast Japan, no damage - Mar 27, 2012
- Several strong quakes rocks northeastern Japan - Mar 23, 2011
- Magnitude-7 quake hits Japan (Lead) - Jan 01, 2012
- Hundreds dead as devastating quake, tsunami hit Japan (Second Intro Roundup) - Mar 12, 2011
- Japan issues tsunami alert after 7.4-magnitude quake (Second Lead) - Apr 07, 2011
- Japan hit by massive quake, tsunami, 200-300 killed (Roundup) - Mar 11, 2011
- Tsunami alert issued after 7.4-magnitude quake rattles Japan (Lead) - Apr 07, 2011
- Japan quake toll rises to 61 - Mar 11, 2011
- Toll due to Japan quake rises to over 5,000 - Mar 17, 2011
- Powerful quake strikes off northeastern Japan, tsunami warning issued - Apr 07, 2011
Tags: akita, aomori, casualties, earthquake, fukushima prefecture, iwate, japan meteorological agency, japan tokyo, magnitude, miyagi, northeastern japan, prefectures, quake, richter scale, seismic waves, temblor, tochigi, tokyo march, tremors, xinhua news agency