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Magnitude 7.3 quake jolts Japan, tsunami
warning lifted
Friday December 07, 2012 07:03:49 PM,
IANS
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Tokyo:
An earthquake measuring 7.3 on the Richter scale Friday jolted the
east coast of Honshu island, leading to a tsunami warning for the
coastal areas which was later lifted in Miyagi prefecture, Xinhua
reported.
The quake, which occurred at 5.18 p.m., had a depth of 10 km, the
Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. Earlier, the the US
Geological Survey (USGS) had put the origin at a depth of 36 km.
At least five people were injured in Miyagi after the quake.
The tremor shook buildings as far away as Tokyo. The temblor was
followed by a 6.2-magnitude aftershock off the east coast of
Honshu, at 08.31 GMT, the USGS said.
Japan's Nuclear Regulation Authority said no abnormalities had
been detected at nuclear plants in the northeast, including the
Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant which was badly damaged in March
2011 earthquake and following tsunami.
Sendai airport in Miyagi grounded all flights while Narita airport
near Tokyo briefly closed its runways.
Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda cancelled his campaign
speech in Tokyo and returned to his office to deal with the
emergency.
The tsunami warning for Japan's northeastern coastal areas was
lifted, media reported here in the evening.
The warnings for the northeastern Miyagi prefecture were lifted at
7.20 p.m. by Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), reported Japanese
broadcaster NHK.
Earlier, one-metre tsunami had reached Ishinomaki, Miyagi
prefecture, the centre of the devastation during the March 2011
disaster, at 6.02 p.m.
According to JMA, as the earthquake jolted the east coast of
Honshu, it led to a tsunami warning for the country's northeastern
coastal areas.
Nearly 16,000 people had been killed in a 7.2 Richter earthquake
and a subsequent tsunami that struck Japan March 11 last year.
The Miyagi prefecture had registered the greatest damage in its
vicinity.
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