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Strong earthquake jolts northeastern Japan
The Associated Press
Published: Sunday, Jul. 24, 2011 - 12:41 pm
Last Modified: Sunday, Jul. 24, 2011 - 1:26 pm
NEW YORK -- The U.S. Geological Survey is reporting that another
strong earthquake has jolted northeastern Japan, the same region
devastated by March's massive quake and tsunami. There are no
immediate reports of injuries or damage, and no tsunami warning is
in effect.
The U.S.G.S. says the magnitude 6.2-quake struck at 3:51 a.m.
Monday and was centered at a depth of 22.1 miles (35.6 kilometers)
in the Pacific Ocean, 59 miles (94 kilometers) east of Fukushima
prefecture. The epicenter is 175 miles (282 kilometers) northeast
of Tokyo.
On Saturday afternoon, a magnitude-6.4 quake struck in the same
area off the east coast of Honshu.
About 23,000 people died or were left missing across wide swaths
of Japan's northeast coastline after the March 11 earthquake and
tsunami. Another 80,000 have been forced to evacuate their homes
because of the radiation threat from the Fukushima Dai-ichi
nuclear plant.