Thursday, March 10, 2011

Two new earthquakes are reported in Japan

.- Two strong, one of 6.6 on the Richter scale occurred on Thursday morning off the coast of Japan, so the China Meteorological Agency said a tsunami warning. According to Japanese news agency Kyodo, so far there are no reported casualties or damage because of these new quakes, which occurred a day after another of 7.3 struck the same region.

Early reports indicate that the tremors were recorded on Thursday some 130 kilometers east of Miyagi Prefecture, the first at 6:22 am local time (21:22 GMT Wednesday) and the second two minutes later. According to preliminary data, the first quake had a magnitude of 6.6 on the Richter scale, while the second further information was inaccurate.

Japan's Meteorological Agency issued a tsunami alert for the Pacific coast.

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