Latest News Earthquake In Japan

Latest News Earthquake In Japan: Areas in northern Japan hit by the Mar 11 earthquake and tsunami of mega hit back on Sunday morning by an quake with a magnitude of 7.3, the Japan Meteorological Agency. There were no immediate reports of wounds or hurt caused by the earthquake in 9:57, which recorded 4 in the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 to 11 municipalities of Iwate, Miyagi and Fukushima prefectures, admitting the city of Morioka in Iwate. The agency initially put the quake at magnitude 7.1 but after revised it to 7.3. A warning of a tsunami of fifty cm has been issued for coastal areas of three prefectures in the Pacific immediately later the earthquake, but was adjourned at 11:45 of ten cm tsunami was observed in Fugato port in Iwate 22:44 Soma port of Fukushima at 11:11, the agency said, adding that another tsunami of 10 cm reaches port Fugato 11:20 Otsu chi city of Iwate and Miyagi in the city has issued guidelines Higashimatsushima evacuation, while other municipalities issued recommendations disposal for their residents. The coastal areas in the 3 prefectures were hit hard by the disaster in March that killed more than 15,500 folks. Nearly 5,400 folks are still missing. The quake measured 3 on the Japanese scale in other parts of the prefectures and parts of Aomori, Akita and Yamagata prefectures and the city center of Tokyo. Tremor was also felt in parts of the Kinki region in western Japan and northern prefecture of Hokkaido. There were no abnormalities were reported by Tokyo Electric Power Co. Fukushima Daiichi and daini nuclear power plant later the quake, the agency's Nuclear and Industrial Safety of the Government. The utility, however, the staff moved to Daiichi plant, where actors are trying to contain the nuclear crisis triggered by the disaster in March, and higher plants daini soil in preparation of possible tsunami, he said. No abnormalities were reported in any of Tohoku Electric Power Co.’s atomic power plant in Miyagi Prefecture Onagawa. Focus of the quake was about 180 km along the coast of Miyagi Prefecture, at a depth of about thirty-four km, the agency said, adding the earthquake is considered a mega-earthquake aftershock of March. East Japan Railways Co. said the Tohoku Shinkansen bullet train service was temporarily suspended later the earthquake, but carried on long after.