Wednesday, August 12, 2009

At least 70 people injured in earthquake in Japan

At least 70 people injured when the earthquake strength 6.6 degrees by Rihterovoj scale hit eastern and central Japan, and the earthquake felt in Tokyo, and the BBC reported. More strength and the 7.6 degree earthquake hit the area in the Indian Ocean near the Andaman Islands in the Bengal Bay. Tokyo city authorities have stopped riding the metro, a large section of road was closed in the city of Omaezaki suspended the work of Hamaoka nuclear power plants for security control.
India, Myanmar, Indonesia, Thailand and Bangladesh are in standby in case of occurrence of cunamija, told the Reuters. U.S. Geological Agency has stated that the earthquake in the Indian Ocean picked up the depth of 33 km and its epicenter at 260 kilometers north of Port Bléré, the main settlement on the Andaman and administrative center of the federal territory of Andaman and Nikobari. Pacific Center for the warning on the risk of cunamija issued a warning for the region.
Earthquake in Japan occurred at 20:07 Greenwich Mean Time, and by early Tuesday local time, in the prefecture Šizuoka in the region Čibu in the largest Japanese island Honšu. The epicenter was, how to write Japanese agency Kjodo, at about 20 km below the sea surface in the Suruga Zalivu, about 150 kilometers southwest of the Japanese capital.
For parts of the Pacific coast issued a warning on the cunamija, and along the Pacific coast, the waves were up to 60 centimeters.
The earthquake that hit northern Japan in October 2004. the life is lost 65, and injured more than 3,000 people.

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