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Strong earthquake hits Iwate

July 24th, 2008 by James

A little over a month has passed since a strong earthquake hit Iwate Prefecture, and the area has been hit with another quake:

A strong earthquake jolted northern Japan early on Thursday, injuring at least 76 people, trapping hundreds in halted trains and temporarily cutting off electric power to thousands of homes.

The Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said there was no threat of a tsunami from the quake, which struck at 00:26 a.m. Thursday (11:26 a.m. EDT Wednesday) and had a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 and could be felt as far away as Tokyo.

At the time of this posting, NTV news was reporting a total of 109 injured, but the figure may increase as more information becomes available.



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5 Comments »

Comment by jon mccrimmon
2008-07-24 07:51:30

im in yokohama and i felt this quake. just wanted everyone to know, ya it was big.

 
Comment by Alex
2008-07-24 08:26:02

We felt it quite strongly here in Fukushima.

It was minor rumbling for about 10 seconds before it started to shake violently for what felt like a solid minute.

News reported it as 6.8 on Japanese Intensity Scale. Amazing there are no reported deaths or collapsed buildings up north. It was just .1 point under the Niigata Chuetsu quake back in 2004.

 
Comment by morningstar
2008-07-24 11:31:34

I feel worried for the people in the region that have been having so many earthquakes. T hope the shaking will stop soon.

 
Comment by norwegianwood
2008-07-24 13:52:40

It woke me up in Tokyo, a bit scary…

 
Comment by epke
2008-07-26 21:17:22

the epicenter was near hachinohe that is aomori not iwate

 
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