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7.2 Quake in Northern Japan Injures 100

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posted on Jul, 24 2008 @ 09:52 AM
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7.2 Quake in Northern Japan Injures 100


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HACHINOHE, Japan -- A powerful earthquake that sent boulders tumbling onto a national highway injured more than 100 people across a wide swath of northern Japan, officials said Thursday.

The quake, which had a preliminary magnitude of 6.8, came just one month after a 7.2 magnitude temblor killed at least 12 people in Japan's northern mountains.

Japan's Meteorological Agency said the earthquake struck shortly after midnight at a depth of about 65 miles near the coast of Iwate, which is 280 miles northeast of Tokyo, where shaking was also felt.

Most of the injuries were minor and none was life threatening, said a National Police Agency official on condition of anonymity, citing department policy.

The earthquake caused strong shaking for about 40 seconds in many areas of northern Japan, witnesses said. Life quickly returned to normal, however.

"Everything -- including gas, phone lines, water, electricity -- is running normally," said Takanori Hiyamizu, a city hall official in Hachinohe, one of the cities closest to the epicenter. "The damage from the quake was very minimal."
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posted on Jul, 24 2008 @ 09:52 AM
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Sooner or later Toyko will be hit by a big quake again and the death toll will be massive.

Still the Japanese have much to teach the world about construction techniques for quake zones. a 7.2 quake could have been much worse.

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