Breaking: Japan rocked by 7.5 quake-Tsunami alert issued
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A 7.5 level earthquake has hit the Northeast coast of Japan. A tsunami alert has been issued. More to come.
This just in from HuffPost World:
Japan was rattled by a strong aftershock and tsunami warning Thursday night nearly a month after a devastating earthquake and tsunami flattened the northeastern coast.
The Japan meteorological agency issued a tsunami warning for a wave of up to one meter. The warning was issued for a coastal area already torn apart by last month’s tsunami.
Officials say Thursday’s quake was a 7.4-magnitude and hit 25 miles (40 kilometers) under the water and off the coast of Miyagi prefecture. The quake that preceded last month’s tsunami was a 9.0-magnitude.
Buildings as far away as Tokyo shook for about a minute.
U.S. Geological Survey gave the preliminary magnitude as 7.4 and it struck off the eastern coast 60 miles (100 kilometers) from Sendai and 90 miles (140 kilometers) from Fukushima. It was about 215 miles (345 kilometers) from Tokyo.
The depth was 25 miles (40 kilometers). Shallower quakes tend to be more destructive.
Hundreds of aftershocks have shaken the northeast region devastated by the March 11 earthquake, but few have been stronger than 7.0.
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I just can’t believe it nor can I believe that mouth machine on CNN salivating over trying to make this temblor a huge disaster with even more deaths. I hate when they sensationalize tragedy.
Damn. Those poor people.
Here I was whining because I didn’t sleep well. This sort of “continuing” catastrophe is hard to wrap my head around.