Strong Earthquake Near Japan Triggers Tsunami Warning

Strong earthquake hits off southern Japan
TOKYO - A strong Earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 has struck in the Pacific Ocean off southern Japan. Japan's Meteorological Agency has issued a Tsunami warning from the quake, which occurred about 130 kilometers (80.6 miles) off the southern coast of Chichi Island in the Pacific Ocean. The offshore quake struck at around 2:20 a.m. (1720 GMT) at the depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles). The agency issued a Tsunami Alert of up to 2 meters (6 feet) for nearby islands and warnings...

Strong earthquake hits off southern Japan
TOKYO (AP) - A strong Earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 struck in the Pacific Ocean in the early hours of Wednesday, triggering a brief Tsunami warning off the southern coast of Japan. Japan's Meteorological Agency said the quake occurred about 80 miles (130 kilometers) off the southern coast of Chichi Island in the Pacific Ocean. The offshore quake struck at around 2:20 a.m. (1720 GMT Tuesday) at a depth of 6 miles (10 kilometers). The Japanese agency issued a Tsunami Alert of up...

Strong Earthquake Near Japan Triggers Tsunami Warning
Source: NPR A strong Earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 has struck in the Pacific Ocean, triggering a Tsunami warning off the southern coast of Japan. Japan's Meteorological Agency said the quake occurred about 80 miles off the southern coast of Chichi Island in the Pacific Ocean. The offshore quake struck at around 2:20 a.m. local time. The U.S. Geological Survey also put the quake's magnitude at 7.4. The Japanese agency issued a Tsunami Alert of up to 6 feet for nearby islands and ...

Strong Earthquake Hits Japan, Tsunami Warning Issued
TOKYO -- A strong Earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 has struck in the Pacific off southern Japan. Japan's Meteorological Agency has issued a Tsunami warning from the quake, which occurred about 80 miles off the Chichi Island in the Pacific Ocean. The offshore quake struck at around 2:20 a.m. local time at the depth of 6.2 miles. The agency issued a warning for a mild Tsunami for nearby islands. There was no immediate report of any damage or injuries....

MASSIVE 7.4 Earthquake in Japan Triggers Tsunami Warnings
A massive Earthquake struck near Japan’s Bonin Islands early Wednesday. A Tsunami warning was issued. A Tsunami warning has been issued after a tremor occurred in the Pacific Ocean southeast of Japan. The United States Geological Survey said the quake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.4, and was centred about 55 kilometres east of Chichi-shima in Japan’s Bonin Islands, or about 1,050 kilometres south-southeast of Tokyo. The quake was reported to have occurred almost 15 kilometres belo...

Tsunami alert downgraded in Japan
Scores of villagers on a remote Japanese island chain scrambled for higher ground after a major 7.4-magnitude offshore quake early on Wednesday sparked a Tsunami Alert that was later downgraded. Waves of 30cm hit the shores of the Ogasawara islands, an archipelago with a population of about 2,300 some 1000km south of Tokyo, near Iwo Jima in the Pacific Ocean. The tremor, which struck at 2.19am local time (0419 AEDT), jolted people out of bed as loudspeakers blared across the island villages and ...

Japan 7.4 seabed quake sparks tsunami scare
Scores of villagers on a remote Japanese island chain in the Pacific scrambled for higher ground early Wednesday after a major 7.4-magnitude offshore quake 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 Ogasawara 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 quak...

Tsunami alert issued after quake hits Japan
TOKYO - An Earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 jolted islands in the Pacific southeast of mainland Japan on Wednesday and a Tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. There were no immediate reports of damage, public broadcaster NHK said, adding the Tsunami warning was for waves of up to one metre (3 feet) high for the Ogasawara islands, about 1,000 km (620 miles) south of Tokyo. Small waves had already hit one of the islands, NHK reported. The focus of the tremor was about...

Major 7.4-magnitude quake hits near Japanese islands: USGS
A major 7.4-magnitude quake struck southern Japan Wednesday, the US Geological Survey said, with people in nearby coastal regions told to evacuate ahead of a possible two-metre-high Tsunami. The quake hit at 3:19 am local time (1719 GMT Tuesday), 153 kilometres (95 miles) east of Chichi-shima in Japan's remote Bonin island region and at a shallow depth of just 14 kilometres. There were no immediate reports of damage or injury. The Hawaii-based Pacific Tsunami Warning Center said there was no thr...

Strong earthquake hits off southern Japan
A strong Earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 has struck in the Pacific off southern Japan. Japan's Meteorological Agency has issued a Tsunami warning from the quake, which occurred about 130 kilometers (80.6 miles) off the Chichi Island in the Pacific Ocean. The offshore quake struck at around 2:20 a.m. (1720 GMT) at the depth of 10 kilometers (6.2 miles). The agency issued a warning for a mild Tsunami for nearby islands. There was no immediate report of any damage or injuries. Ariz. ...

7.4 earthquake hits coast of Japan
A magnitude 7.4 Earthquake struck off the coast of Japan near the Bonin Islands early Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. A Pacific-wide Tsunami is not expected, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, but the Japanese Meteorological Agency has issued Tsunami warnings for the Ogasawara Islands and a Tsunami advisory for southern Japan....

Tsunami warning issued as quake hits southeast Japan
Tokyo | Tue Dec 21, 2010 2:00pm EST Tokyo (Reuters) - An Earthquake with a magnitude of 7.4 jolted islands in the Pacific southeast of mainland Japan on Wednesday and a Tsunami warning was issued, the Japan Meteorological Agency said. There were no immediate reports of damage, public broadcaster NHK said, adding the Tsunami warning was for waves of up to one meter (3 feet) high for the Ogasawara islands, about 1,000 km (620 miles) south of Tokyo. Small waves had already hit one of the islands...

3RD LD: M7.4 quake hits Ogasawara isles in Pacific with brief tsunami warning+
warning+ (AP) - Tokyo, Dec. 22 (Kyodo)—(EDS: UPDATING 3RD-5TH GRAFS, ADDING INFO AT LAST 2 GRAFS) An Earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.4 hit the Ogasawara Islands south of Tokyo in the Pacific early Wednesday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, briefly issuing a Tsunami warning for the area. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage from the 2:20 a.m. quake, which measured 4 on the Japanese seismic scale of 7 on Hahajima and Chichijima islands in the Ogasawara is...

A strong earthquake hits in the Pacific Ocean off southern Japan; tsunami warning issued
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A strong earthquake hits in the Pacific Ocean off southern Japan; tsunami warning issued
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Magnitude 7.4 earthquake strikes near southern Japanese island; tsunami warning issued
Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake struck off the coast of a Japanese island early Wednesday morning. A Tsunami warning was issued after the magnitude 7.4 earthquake....

Japan quake sparks tsunami alert
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Japan: Bonin Islands Region: Earthquake Magnitude 7.4
© USGS Date-Time: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 at 17:19:41 UTC Wednesday, December 22, 2010 at 03:19:41 AM at Epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location: 26.866°N, 143.739°E Depth: 14.9 km (9.3 miles) Region: BONIN ISLANDS, Japan REGION Distances: 155 km (95 miles) E of Chichi-shima, Bonin Islands, Japan 335 km (210 miles) NE of Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands, Japan 1050 km (650 miles) SSE of Tokyo, Japan Location Uncertainty: horizontal +/- 13.5 km (8.4 miles); d...

Earthquake hits off coast of Japan, tsunami warning issued
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Strong earthquake shakes central Indonesia
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