Quake hits Japan

Monday - Jun 18, 2012, 10:59am (GMT+5.5)

[+] Text [-]

Beijing - An undersea quake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale struck off the coast of Japan early Monday, the authorities here said.

The tremor occurred off Honshu coast around 4.30 a.m., the China Earthquake Networks Centre said. The epicentre was at about 39.0 degrees north latitude and 142.1 degrees east longitude, and at a depth of 40 km, Xinhua reported.

Rating (Votes: )

blog comments powered by Disqus

Other Articles:
	Hope G20 can help end global economic crisis: PM (18th Jun, 2012)
	Israeli drone sensor pinpoint terror sites (18th Jun, 2012)
	Three killed in Iraq violence (18th Jun, 2012)
	Chinese, Mexican presidents discuss ties (18th Jun, 2012)
	New Democracy party leads in Greek polls (18th Jun, 2012)
	Salman Khurshid arrives for Saudi Arabian prince's funeral (18th Jun, 2012)
	Groom caught making it out with waitress (18th Jun, 2012)
	UAE launches information exchange system for seizures (18th Jun, 2012)
	Egyptians vote for new leader (18th Jun, 2012)
	Grenade found outside Greek TV channel (18th Jun, 2012)
	Chinese woman gets death for infant trafficking (18th Jun, 2012)
	Majority of Thais want cabinet reshuffle: Poll (17th Jun, 2012)
	Liberals increasingly doubtful of Mormons in White House: Study (17th Jun, 2012)
	Suspension of UN observer mission serves for western "next steps" in Syria (17th Jun, 2012)
	Chinaâ€™s Hu calls for joint efforts to sustain "hard-won" economic recovery (17th Jun, 2012)
	To overcome Ramadan dilemma, UK's Muslim Olympic rower to feed 1800 (17th Jun, 2012)
	Identities of Kohistani girls presented before court is controversial: Activist Farzana Bari (17th Jun, 2012)
	Pak coalition meeting discusses Speaker's ruling, Supreme Court order (17th Jun, 2012)
	UAE mulls over tightening control on toys mocking Islam (17th Jun, 2012)
	Sarah Palin pokes fun at Obama about `drug use and eating dog ` (17th Jun, 2012)
	PML-N, JI decide to form 'grand alliance' to get rid of 'corrupt rulers' (17th Jun, 2012)
	Six killed in China accident (17th Jun, 2012)
	Greece votes on EU bailout (17th Jun, 2012)
	'Changing plate's colour helps you shed weight' (17th Jun, 2012)
	Won't let anyone derail democracy: Gilani (17th Jun, 2012)

Get Free Mail

Countomat website statistics and webcounter (Statistik and Logfileanalyse, Statystyk, Statistici, Statistique)