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6.3 earthquake rattles Northern and Central Japan

An earthquake with a preliminary reading of 6.4 6.3 rattled homes in northern and central Japan Friday. The earthquake struck at 12:30pm local time, and had an epicenter to the south of Hokkaido Island, and to the North East of Japan&rsqu [...]

Posted On : Jun, 05 2009 | Comments : 0

Shallow 5.7 Earthquake Hits Northern Japan

There were no immediate reports of casualties or damage, and Japan`s meteorological agency said no tsunami warning was issued. A shallow, strong earthquake of 5.7 magnitude hit the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido on Saturday morning [...]

Posted On : Feb, 28 2009 | Comments : 0

Magnitude 6.0 Earthquake Jolts Northern Japan

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.0 jolted northern Japan on Sunday, a government agency said. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage and no tsunami warning was issued. The focus of the tremor was 40 km belo [...]

Posted On : Feb, 16 2009 | Comments : 0

Moderate earthquake shakes northern Japan

Moderate 5.5-magnitude earthquake struck near Japan's largest island on Saturday but there was no risk of a tsunami. The Japan Meteorological Agency said, and no immediate reports of damage.The tremor struck at 5:03 am (2003 GMT Friday). [...]

Posted On : Dec, 06 2008 | Comments : 0

Earthquakes hit Japan and Indonesia, but no tsunami

Separate earthquakes hit off the coasts of northern Japan and Indonesia, but neither ultimately produced damaging waves and there were no reports of damage or casualties.The most powerful tremor, with a preliminary magnitude of 7.0, hit off [...]

Posted On : Sep, 15 2008 | Comments : 0

Magnitude 4.5 earthquake shakes eastern Japan

A earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.5 jolted eastern Japan on Wednesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. The quake, at 3:13 p.m. (2:13 a.m. EDT), was felt in Tokyo.There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage an [...]

Posted On : Aug, 21 2008 | Comments : 0

Earthquake hits Japan, more than 100 injured

A powerful earthquake rattled parts of northern Japan early Thursday, injuring more than 100 people, triggering landslides and cutting power to thousands of people, officials said. Japan's Meteorological Agency said there was no danger of [...]

Posted On : Jul, 24 2008 | Comments : 0

Earthquake jolts northern Japan

A moderate 5.3-magnitude earthquake shook northern Japan on Thursday, the Meteorological Agency said, nearly two weeks after a powerful tremor killed 12 people in the country. The tremor, which struck at 8:41 am (2341 GMT Wednesday), jol [...]

Posted On : Jun, 26 2008 | Comments : 0

Earthquake hits eastern Japan

While in conversation with an industry source based in Japan a short while ago, a polymerupdate team member was informed that a moderate earthquake which hit eastern Japan on Monday did not hamper operations or cause any damages to the 210, [...]