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Luckily, Japan’s latest earthquake and tsunami were smaller

Magnitude 6.8 earthquake strikes Japanese coast, tsunami wave hits coast THE AUSTRALIAN, BY: BY SHINGO ITO IN TOKYO From: AFP March 14, 2012 A small tsunami wave has hit Japan’s northeastern coastline, officials say, after a strong earthquake rocked the region a year on from the country’s worst post-war natural disaster.

Today’s 20cm wave and 6.8 magnitude quake, which struck around 210km off the northern island of Hokkaido, prompted local authorities to issue an evacuation warning for coastal residents before it hit land.

Japan’s meteorological agency also confirmed that an earlier 10cm wave had hit land. The waves hit two locations in Aomori prefecture, which was one of the areas in Japan’s northeast devastated by last year’s disaster.

The agency had initially said a tsunami could be as high as 50cm, but US monitors said there was no Pacific-wide tsunami threat.

The quake struck at a relatively shallow 10km below the seabed at
6.09pm local time …. On Monday, a group of Japanese citizens filed a
lawsuit to prevent the restart of a nuclear power plant, warning that
there was little proof the reactors would were quake-resistant.
…http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/breaking-news/magnitude-68-earthquake-strikes-japanese-coast-tsunami-warning-issued/story-fn3dxity-1226299726369

March 15, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | Japan, safety