Japan, Tokyo violent shock to traces of iodine in breast milk

A Japanese boy prepares for the first day of school after the earthquake of 11 March A violent earthquake was felt in Tokyo. The quake was a magnitude 6. The epicenter Chiba, north-east of Tokyo, according to the Japanese Meteorological Agency. The quake, whose intensity was 5 - on the Japanese scale of 7, was felt at 22:37 local.

In Tokyo, the buildings shook. The Japanese Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami warning and told NHK television that are currently not reported damage or casualties. With regard to the consequences of the earthquake and tsunami of 11 March, the Health Ministry today said that analysis will be performed on breast milk, after traces of radioactive iodine were found in 4 women in nursing area in the east and northeast of Tokyo.

"In Italy could never be an earthquake of those proportions"

"Italy is a country unprepared fornt of a large-scale earthquakes, we have unfortunately already seen. But it could never happen earthquake of the proportions of the one that struck Tokyo, "said Francesco Mele, an official of the trading desk of the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology. Why could not happen in Italy? "Because there are no faults of this size and could cause an earthquake on the Richter scale near the order 9, as happened this morning in Japan.