2008-07-23 15:26:20 (Mw 6.8) EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN 39.8 141.4
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Japan 6.8 - 99 people reported injured (17 critical)
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Re: Japan 6.8
Strong quake jolts north Japan, 99 injured
Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:00am IST
By Chisa Fujioka
HACHINOHE, Japan (Reuters) - A strong earthquake jolted northern Japan early on Thursday, injuring at least 99 people, trapping hundreds in halted trains and affecting production at some high-tech factories.
The quake, which struck at 00:26 (1526 GMT Wednesday) and had a preliminary magnitude of 6.8, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, was the latest in a series to hit the sparsely populated, mountainous region.
A National Police Agency official said 99 people were injured, 17 seriously. Many were hurt in falls or suffered cuts from broken glass.
Officials warned of possible landslides, but with few strong aftershocks to hamper operations, the clean-up started almost immediately. Most schools in the region were open as usual and phone and electricity services were restored, providers said, although hundreds of homes were without running water, broadcaster NHK said.
"There are no reports of deaths or people buried alive," top government spokesman Nobutaka Machimura told reporters. "But the prime minister has ordered us to continue checking."
Earthquakes are common in Japan, one of the world's most seismically active areas. The country accounts for about 20 percent of the world's earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater.
At Choryuji temple in Hachinohe, one of the worst hit areas, rows of tall gravestones were knocked over and some were broken.
"It's such a shock to see this mess," said 77-year-old Toshikatsu Sawashiro, who came to check his family grave.
Thursday's tremor follows a string of earthquakes in the same region, the first of which in mid-June killed at least 10 people and left as many again missing.
About 200 people were stranded on board a train that was still halted more than eight hours after the quake hit. Service was suspended on some high-speed bullet train lines until later in the day.
Some stretches of expressway were briefly closed to traffic in the region, but they were later reopened, said a spokesman for the operators. Some smaller roads remained blocked by landslides.
Tohoku Electric and Tokyo Electric said their nuclear power plants in northern Japan had not been affected.
Fujitsu Ltd said it stopped production lines at a semiconductor factory in Iwate, and Toshiba Corp and NEC Corp said they had stopped chip plants for checks.
But Tohoku Electric said it restarted a 250-megawatt oil-fired power plant in Aomori that was shut down after the quake. Nippon Steel also restarted steel output at its Kamaishi works.
In October 2004, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 struck the Niigata region in northern Japan, killing 65 people and injuring more than 3,000.
That was the deadliest quake since a magnitude 7.3 tremor hit the city of Kobe in 1995, killing more than 6,400.
(Additional reporting by Yoko Kubota, Chris Gallagher, Isabel Reynolds, Osamu Tsukimori, Linda Sieg and Yoko Nishikawa)
Thu Jul 24, 2008 9:00am IST
By Chisa Fujioka
HACHINOHE, Japan (Reuters) - A strong earthquake jolted northern Japan early on Thursday, injuring at least 99 people, trapping hundreds in halted trains and affecting production at some high-tech factories.
The quake, which struck at 00:26 (1526 GMT Wednesday) and had a preliminary magnitude of 6.8, the Japan Meteorological Agency said, was the latest in a series to hit the sparsely populated, mountainous region.
A National Police Agency official said 99 people were injured, 17 seriously. Many were hurt in falls or suffered cuts from broken glass.
Officials warned of possible landslides, but with few strong aftershocks to hamper operations, the clean-up started almost immediately. Most schools in the region were open as usual and phone and electricity services were restored, providers said, although hundreds of homes were without running water, broadcaster NHK said.
"There are no reports of deaths or people buried alive," top government spokesman Nobutaka Machimura told reporters. "But the prime minister has ordered us to continue checking."
Earthquakes are common in Japan, one of the world's most seismically active areas. The country accounts for about 20 percent of the world's earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater.
At Choryuji temple in Hachinohe, one of the worst hit areas, rows of tall gravestones were knocked over and some were broken.
"It's such a shock to see this mess," said 77-year-old Toshikatsu Sawashiro, who came to check his family grave.
Thursday's tremor follows a string of earthquakes in the same region, the first of which in mid-June killed at least 10 people and left as many again missing.
About 200 people were stranded on board a train that was still halted more than eight hours after the quake hit. Service was suspended on some high-speed bullet train lines until later in the day.
Some stretches of expressway were briefly closed to traffic in the region, but they were later reopened, said a spokesman for the operators. Some smaller roads remained blocked by landslides.
Tohoku Electric and Tokyo Electric said their nuclear power plants in northern Japan had not been affected.
Fujitsu Ltd said it stopped production lines at a semiconductor factory in Iwate, and Toshiba Corp and NEC Corp said they had stopped chip plants for checks.
But Tohoku Electric said it restarted a 250-megawatt oil-fired power plant in Aomori that was shut down after the quake. Nippon Steel also restarted steel output at its Kamaishi works.
In October 2004, an earthquake with a magnitude of 6.8 struck the Niigata region in northern Japan, killing 65 people and injuring more than 3,000.
That was the deadliest quake since a magnitude 7.3 tremor hit the city of Kobe in 1995, killing more than 6,400.
(Additional reporting by Yoko Kubota, Chris Gallagher, Isabel Reynolds, Osamu Tsukimori, Linda Sieg and Yoko Nishikawa)
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Re: Japan 6.8 - 99 people reported injured (17 critical)
Another quite large aftershock
Magnitude 5.1 - EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN
2008 July 24 02:27:42 UTC
Earthquake Details
Magnitude 5.1
Date-Time
* Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 02:27:42 UTC
* Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 11:27:42 AM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 39.576°N, 141.385°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances 25 km (15 miles) SE of Morioka, Honshu, Japan
105 km (65 miles) S of Hachinohe, Honshu, Japan
115 km (70 miles) E of Akita, Honshu, Japan
455 km (285 miles) NNE of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 22.5 km (14.0 miles); depth f
Event ID us2008uwai
* This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
Magnitude 5.1 - EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN
2008 July 24 02:27:42 UTC
Earthquake Details
Magnitude 5.1
Date-Time
* Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 02:27:42 UTC
* Thursday, July 24, 2008 at 11:27:42 AM at epicenter
* Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones
Location 39.576°N, 141.385°E
Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program
Region EASTERN HONSHU, JAPAN
Distances 25 km (15 miles) SE of Morioka, Honshu, Japan
105 km (65 miles) S of Hachinohe, Honshu, Japan
115 km (70 miles) E of Akita, Honshu, Japan
455 km (285 miles) NNE of TOKYO, Japan
Location Uncertainty horizontal +/- 22.5 km (14.0 miles); depth f
Event ID us2008uwai
* This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.
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