April 7, 2011
UPDATE 10.22 CST - No damage, casualties in Miyagi Pref. as of 11:55 Thurs.: police
UPDATE 10.20 CST – The quake has been revised down to a mag 7.1.
UPDATE 10.19 CST – Japanes Weather agency sees Miyagi quake as aftershock of March 11 temblor.
UPDATE 10.16 CST – Water is still being injected into the nuclear reactors at the Fukushima plant.
UPDATE 10.15 CST – Workers at the Fukushima plant have been moved to higher ground, according to TEPCO officials.
UPDATE 10.13 CST – BBC news is reporting that the waves from the quake have already hit parts of the shoreline.
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A strong earthquake measuring 7.4 has struck 25 miles off the Japanese coast, close to the 9.0 quake that hit last month. The Japanese government has issued a Tsunami warning and is expecting a wave up to 2 meters high imminently.
No impact has yet been detected at the Fukushima nuclear plant according to Japanese news.
Developing…
http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/recenteqsww/Quakes/at00ljadqj.php
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