Strong 6.8-Magnitude Earthquake rocked Japan

[Myles]

KASHIWAZAKI, Japan — A 6.8-magnitude earthquake rocked Japan's northwest coast on Monday, killing at least five people. The quake injured hundreds of people, flattened scores of buildings and triggered a fire at a nuclear power plant.

Fire sirens could be heard in hard-hit Kashiwazaki city, and older buildings were reduced to piles of lumber. National broadcaster NHK reported more than 500 people were hurt, with injuries including broken bones, cuts and bruises.

Five people in their 70s and 80s — four women and one man — died after being crushed when buildings collapsed on them in the quake, said Takashi Morita, a spokesman for the National Police Agency in Tokyo.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,289383,00.html

[Myles]

Last 2 Weeks of Earthquakes
(within 10 degrees of LON=134.85, LAT=36.78)


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DATE LAT LON MAG DEPTH REGION
16-JUL-2007 14:17:34 36.78 134.85 6.8 315.6 SEA OF JAPAN
16-JUL-2007 12:08:05 37.25 138.45 4.6 45.0 NEAR WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
16-JUL-2007 06:37:46 37.49 138.41 5.8 59.6 NEAR WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
16-JUL-2007 01:13:27 37.58 138.38 6.7 49.0 NEAR WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
11-JUL-2007 17:10:15 37.04 137.51 4.5 220.6 NEAR WEST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
09-JUL-2007 13:06:45 28.37 138.85 4.6 468.7 BONIN ISLANDS REGION
09-JUL-2007 07:05:11 27.96 130.39 5.0 35.0 RYUKYU ISLANDS
08-JUL-2007 11:16:02 34.59 141.57 4.6 71.0 OFF EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
07-JUL-2007 20:35:47 28.38 130.21 4.4 71.0 RYUKYU ISLANDS
05-JUL-2007 15:32:32 40.49 141.91 4.9 36.0 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
03-JUL-2007 22:15:31 43.54 144.48 4.1 35.0 HOKKAIDO, JAPAN REGION
03-JUL-2007 14:31:19 35.79 140.53 4.7 96.0 NEAR EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN