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Magnitude 7.4 Earthquake Hits Off Japan Coast

Tokyo, Apr 7: Japan's northeastern coast has been rattled by a strong aftershock. The Japan meteorological agency has issued a tsunami warning for a wave of up to one meter. The warning was issued for

PTI PTI Updated on: April 07, 2011 22:49 IST
magnitude 7.4 earthquake hits off japan coast
magnitude 7.4 earthquake hits off japan coast

Tokyo, Apr 7: Japan's northeastern coast has been rattled by a strong aftershock. The Japan meteorological agency has issued a tsunami warning for a wave of up to one meter. The warning was issued for a coastal area already ravaged by last month's tsunami.


Officials say the quake was a 7.4-magnitude and hit 25 miles (40 kilometers) under the water and off the coast of Miyagi prefecture. The quake that preceded last month's tsunami was a 9.0-magnitude.

Buildings as far away as Tokyo shook for about a minute. AP

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