i could not believe it myself (that earthquake just now). amazing timing. hmmmmmm.....if the center was not Tokyo area, then some more effected areas in Japan might be hurting this afternoon.....
Magnitude 7
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Tokyo Hit by Magnitude-4.6 Quake; No Damage Reported (Update1)
By Aaron Sheldrick
Oct. 8 (Bloomberg) — A magnitude 4.6 earthquake shook Tokyo and the areas around the Japanese capital at about 3:12 p.m. local time today. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
The temblor struck 37 kilometers (23 miles) east of Tokyo at a depth of 80 kilometers, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency. It said there was no threat of a tsunami. The U.S. Geological Survey said the quake had a magnitude of 5 and hit at a depth of 36 kilometers.
Japan, which experiences about 20 percent of the world’s earthquakes annually, lies in a zone where four tectonic plates, the Pacific, Philippine, North American and Eurasian, meet and occasionally shift. About 140,000 people died in a 7.9-magnitude quake that hit Tokyo in September 1923.
To contact the reporter on this story: Aaron Sheldrick in Tokyo at asheldrick@bloomberg.net.
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