Armind
08-10-2009, 02:40 PM
The Japan Meteorological Agency says a 6.6-magnitude earthquake has struck near the south coast of Honshu, Japan, just 12 minutes after a 7.6 tremor hit near India's Andaman Islands.
The quake near Japan hit just after 4 p.m. ET, about 31 kilometres from land. The epicentre was 170 km from Tokyo.
While the quake rattled windows in Tokyo, there were no immediate reports of damage.
Japan's Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami warning for southwest of Tokyo. The Central Japan Railway Co. has shut down its Shinkansen bullet trains in response.
The government has set up a task force in the prime minister's office.
The quake had a depth of about 26 km, which appears to have triggered a light tsunami. Public broadcaster NHK said 30-centimetre waves were seen along the coastline of Yaizu City.
There have been no reports of injuries or any damage to buildings.
About 12 minutes earlier, the 7.6 quake hit north of the Andaman Islands, south of Myanmar, triggering a tsunami alert for India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The USGS has cautioned that it is not known if a tsunami has occurred.
The epicentre was about 260 km north of Port Blair, the Andaman capital.
It had a depth of 33 km. Matched with the severity of the tremor, it was expected to trigger a tsunami.
The quake was nowhere near as powerful as the devastating tremors that struck in the same region in 2004, causing the tsunamis that killed more than 190,000 people.
Those quakes were between 9.2 and 9.3.
With files from The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090810/earthquakes_090810/20090810?hub=TopStories
The quake near Japan hit just after 4 p.m. ET, about 31 kilometres from land. The epicentre was 170 km from Tokyo.
While the quake rattled windows in Tokyo, there were no immediate reports of damage.
Japan's Meteorological Agency has issued a tsunami warning for southwest of Tokyo. The Central Japan Railway Co. has shut down its Shinkansen bullet trains in response.
The government has set up a task force in the prime minister's office.
The quake had a depth of about 26 km, which appears to have triggered a light tsunami. Public broadcaster NHK said 30-centimetre waves were seen along the coastline of Yaizu City.
There have been no reports of injuries or any damage to buildings.
About 12 minutes earlier, the 7.6 quake hit north of the Andaman Islands, south of Myanmar, triggering a tsunami alert for India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
The USGS has cautioned that it is not known if a tsunami has occurred.
The epicentre was about 260 km north of Port Blair, the Andaman capital.
It had a depth of 33 km. Matched with the severity of the tremor, it was expected to trigger a tsunami.
The quake was nowhere near as powerful as the devastating tremors that struck in the same region in 2004, causing the tsunamis that killed more than 190,000 people.
Those quakes were between 9.2 and 9.3.
With files from The Associated Press
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20090810/earthquakes_090810/20090810?hub=TopStories