Quake Magnitude 7.4 - Japan Region

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Magnitude 7.4 - BONIN ISLANDS, JAPAN REGION
2010 December 21 17:19:40 UTC

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Japan 7.4 seabed quake sparks tsunami scare, evacuations

TOKYO — Scores of villagers on a remote Japanese island chain in the Pacific scrambled for higher ground after a major 7.4-magnitude offshore quake early Wednesday sparked a tsunami alert.

The seabed tremor struck at 2:19 am local time (1719 GMT Tuesday), jolting people out of bed as loudspeakers blared across the islands and authorities warned of the risk of a two-metre (six-foot) high local tsunami.

The tsunami alert was later downgraded and all warnings were lifted five hours after the quake hit near the Ogasawara islands, some 1,000 kilometres (600 miles) south of Tokyo. No injuries or damage were reported.

See:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5hi8mBQhgwQW929RYpDjaFyIHSDfw?docId=CNG.b09f63971213429cd871e0860adc30ae.281



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