Thursday 29 December 2016

6.4 magnitude earthquake shook Tokyo, no tsunami alert

6.4 magnitude earthquake shook Tokyo, no tsunami alert
Great Earthquake of 6.4 magnitude rattles southern Japan

Great Earthquake of 6.4 magnitude rattles southern Japan
6.4 magnitude earthquake rocked the south of Tokyo, Japan this morning. US Geological Survey (USGS) said the central point was 232 kilometers south of the capital of Japan at a depth of 10 kilometer.Seperti quoted by Channel News Asia on Friday (23/9), there is no potential tsunami by the Pacific Tsunami Center in Hawaii. Japan weather forecast bureau said there would be changes in sea levels but did not affect anything to Japan.

Japan sits at the junction of four tectonic plates and earthquakes experienced with various attacks each year.

Severe earthquake and tsunami struck Japan last in 2011 precisely in the north coast. As many as 18 thousand people dead and missing. The quake also triggered a nuclear reaction in Fukushima.

The latest earthquake with major damage and 50 deaths recorded was hit Kumamoto in April this year. Unknown 1,700 times after the earthquake shocks (aftershocks) felt.

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