Earthquake strikes Japan - no major damage reported

So far there have been no injuries and no major damage reported, although buildings in Tokyo shook from the power of the 7.0 magnitude quake.

AN EARTHQUAKE HAS hit Japan, striking near the uninhabited island of Torishima in the Pacific Ocean, about 370 miles south of Tokyo.

Its epicenter was about 230 miles below the sea and measured 7.0 on the Richter Scale, the Meterological Agency said. It did not generate a tsunami.

Buildings in the Tokyo area shook, but no damage or injuries were reported. Express trains in northern and central Japan were suspended temporarily for safety checks but later resumed.

No abnormalities were reported at power plants, including the crippled nuclear power plant in northeast Japan hit by the March earthquake and tsunami, public broadcaster NHK reported.

A massive earthquake and tsunami March 11 left nearly 20,000 people dead or missing.

Japan, which lies along the Pacific ‘Ring of Fire,’ is one of the world’s most seismically active countries.

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