Thursday, June 2, 2011

6.3-magnitude quake hits Honshu, Japan- June 3, 2011-Phivolcs allays tsunami fears

An earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale jolted off the east coast of Honshu, Japan at 09:05: 03 a.m. local time (00:05:03 GMT) on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.


The USGS said the quake was recorded at 8:05 a.m., with the epicenter off the east coast of Honshu in Japan.

It said the epicenter was 270 km east of Iwaki; 287 km east-southeast of Sendai; 308 km east of Fukushima; or 412 km east-northeast of Tokyo.
According to GMANews:
State seismologists allayed fears of a destructive tsunami reaching the Philippines after a powerful quake rocked Japan Friday morning.
But the Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology (Phivolcs) said it will continue to monitor the aftermath of Friday's quake.

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