6.4 magnitude earthquake jolts northeastern Japan
04:37PM Sat 30 Jul, 2011
New York - 31 July 2011 (AP): TheUS Geological Surveyis reporting that another strong earthquake has jolted northeasternJapan, the same region struck by March's massive quake and tsunami. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage, and no tsunami warning is in effect.
The USGS says the earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.4 struck at 3:53 am on Sunday in thePacific Ocean, about 11 miles (18 kilometers) east-southeast of Iwaki on Honshu Island. Its depth was 27 miles (43.5 kilometers).
USGS says its epicenter is 114 miles (184 kilometers) northeast ofTokyo.
About 23,000 people died or were left missing across wide swaths of Japan's northeast coastline after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami. Another 80,000 have been forced to evacuate their homes because of the radiation threat from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.
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