Aftershock with magnitude 4.8 jolts central Japan
Pastor Dale Morgan
Aftershock with magnitude 4.8 jolts central Japan*
Reuters
Tuesday, March 27, 2007; 7:49 PM
TOKYO (Reuters) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8
jolted the west coast of central Japan on Wednesday, Japan's
Meteorological Agency said.
It struck at 8:08 a.m. (2308 GMT Tuesday) in the Noto peninsula 300 km
(190 miles) west of Tokyo, three days after a powerful earthquake in the
same area killed one person, injured over 200 and destroyed hundreds of
homes.
No tsunami warning was issued on Wednesday and there were no immediate
reports of fresh injuries or damage. There have been hundreds of
aftershocks since Sunday's quake, which had a magnitude of 6.9.
The focus of Wednesday's tremor was 10 km (6 miles) below ground level
on the peninsula.
It was moderately strong on the Japanese intensity scale, which measures
ground motion, measuring lower 5 on a scale of 7.
Earthquakes are common in Japan, one of the world's most seismically
active areas. The country accounts for about 20 percent of the world's
earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater.
In October 2004, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 struck the
Niigata region in northern Japan, killing 65 people and injuring more
than 3,000.
That was the deadliest quake since a magnitude 7.3 tremor hit the city
of Kobe in 1995, killing more than 6,400.