Powerful Earthquake and new Tsumani warning shakes Japan

8:24 PM Thu 7 Apr 2011 GMT

A magnitude 7.1 earthquake struck off the east coast of Honshu, Japan, today 7th April 2011. The quake hit at about 11:30 pm on Thursday Japan time (14:30 UTC). A tsunami warning was issued for the coast, already devastated by last month's massive quake, and then lifted 90 minutes later by Japan's meteorological agency. A Pacific Tsunami Warning Center evaluation of the quake said an oceanwide tsunami was not expected. Previously an earthquake of magnitude 6.5 hit off the east coast of Japan, on 28th March, triggering a local tsunami warning. According to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), the earthquake ...

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by Jeraldine Kennedy, Sail-World.com