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Tsunami alert after earthquake in Japan
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December 23, 2010, Thursday
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RESIDENTS of southern Japanese islands scrambled to safety early yesterday when a 7.4-magnitude offshore earthquake briefly triggered a tsunami alert, but it prompted only a mild swelling of waves.
There were no reports of damage from the quake, which struck at 2:20am (1720 GMT Tuesday) about 130 kilometers off the southern coast of Chichi Island in the Pacific Ocean and was felt as far away as Tokyo.
"It shook quite violently. I'm sure everyone was scared," said Kenji Komura, principal at a high school on Chichi Island.
Japan's Meteorological Agency issued an alert for a tsunami of up to 2 meters for Chichi and nearby islands and warned of a milder tsunami for the southern coasts of the main Japanese island. It later lifted all warnings and said a minor swelling of about 30 centimeters was observed on Chichi's shorelines about 40 minutes after the quake.
Scores of residents of Chichi, which is about 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo, and nearby Haha islands rushed to community centers and schools before the warnings were lifted.
The quake took place at a depth of 10 kilometers, the Meteorological Agency said. The US Geological Survey measured the earthquake's magnitude at 7.4.
There were no reports of damage from the quake, which struck at 2:20am (1720 GMT Tuesday) about 130 kilometers off the southern coast of Chichi Island in the Pacific Ocean and was felt as far away as Tokyo.
"It shook quite violently. I'm sure everyone was scared," said Kenji Komura, principal at a high school on Chichi Island.
Japan's Meteorological Agency issued an alert for a tsunami of up to 2 meters for Chichi and nearby islands and warned of a milder tsunami for the southern coasts of the main Japanese island. It later lifted all warnings and said a minor swelling of about 30 centimeters was observed on Chichi's shorelines about 40 minutes after the quake.
Scores of residents of Chichi, which is about 1,000 kilometers south of Tokyo, and nearby Haha islands rushed to community centers and schools before the warnings were lifted.
The quake took place at a depth of 10 kilometers, the Meteorological Agency said. The US Geological Survey measured the earthquake's magnitude at 7.4.
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