Tokyo: 5.5 earthquake rattles Japan
Tokyo 5.5 earthquake: A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Japan Saturday, rattling windows in Tokyo but causing no serious damage.
Tokyo 5.5 earthquake: A magnitude 5.5 earthquake struck off the eastern coast of Japan Saturday, rattling windows in Tokyo but causing no serious damage.
An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.5 hit eastern Japan on Saturday but no tsunami warning was issued, Japan's national broadcaster said.
There were no reports of immediate damage.
Japan and the surrounding islands straddle four major tectonic plates: Pacific plate; North America plate; Eurasia plate; and Philippine Sea plate, according to the US Geological Survey, which confirmed a 5.5 magnitude quake struck at a depth of 22 miles.
On March 11, 2011 Japan's northeast coast was struck by a magnitude 9 earthquake, the strongest quake recorded in the country, triggering a massive tsunami and resulting in the world's worst nuclear crisis in 25 years. The disaster left up to 20,000 dead or missing.
As reported in 海角大神, Japan has the world's most advanced earthquake early-warning system, with more than 1,000 seismographs scattered over the country. In 2011, that meant that they had about an 80 second advanced warning that a quake was coming.
(Editing by Michael Perry)