A powerful earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 the coast of northeastern Japan on Sunday, led to a tsunami warning for the area is still recovering from the devastating earthquake and the killer wave four months ago: Tokyo.
Has warned coastal residents to evacuate, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
Earthquake occurred at 9:57 local time (0057 GMT), was issued a warning of a tsunami is possible for most of the north-east coast. The epicenter was in the Pacific off the coast of Japan’s main island, Honshu, at a depth of about 6 miles (10 km).
Officials said they expect the tsunami less than one meter in some areas.
And destroyed the coast of northeastern Japan, earthquake and tsunami on 11 March that left nearly 23,000 dead or missing and caused the outbreak of the crisis in the nuclear plant severely damaged in Fukushima.
Officials said there were no reports of abnormalities in Fukushima station caused by the earthquake on Sunday. The airports in the region are operating normally as well.
Japan is one of the world’s most earthquake-prone. He saw dozens of powerful aftershocks since the disaster of 11 March, which measured magnitude 9.0 and was strongest in Japanese history.
Recorded the earthquake on Sunday, 4 on the Japanese scale of 7 component, and that means there was a strong feeling that a moderate. Because of the damage caused by the earthquake and tsunami of March, however, many of the buildings in the area structurally weak and destroyed seawalls, making the region more vulnerable to shocks relatively weaker.
Saturday, July 9, 2011
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