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Small tsunami reaches Japan after major quake
Posted on: Mon July 11, 2011
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TOKYO (AFP) - Small tsunami waves reached the Pacific coast of northern Japan Sunday after a major quake hit the region heavily damaged by the March earthquake and tsunami, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The port towns of Soma and Ofunato saw 10-centimetre (four-inch) tsunami waves triggered by the 7. 3-magnitude earthquake that struck off the main island of Honshu at 9:57 am (0057 GMT), the agency said.
No damage has been reported from the tsunami and quake, which was strong enough to sway skyscrapers in Tokyo, some 400 kilometres from the epicentre. The Japanese agency and the US Geological Survey originally estimated the quake s magnitude at 7. 1, hitting the same general area as the 9. 0-magnitude quake of March 11 which triggered a massive tsunami.
Courtesy : Nation