Japan: M6.1 quake jolts Shizuoka Pref., vicinity

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Japan: M6.1 quake jolts Shizuoka Pref., vicinity

Tuesday, Aug. 2, 2011

M6.1 quake jolts Shizuoka Pref., vicinity

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.1 jolted Shizuoka Prefecture and its vicinity late Monday, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.

The agency said there may be some changes in sea levels due to the 11:58 p.m. quake but no damage is expected.

The quake measured lower 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in the town of Higashiizu and the cities of Shizuoka and Yaizu, and 4 in areas in Kanagawa, Yamanashi, Nagano and Shizuoka prefectures as well as remote islands of Tokyo, the agency said.

The focus of the quake was in Suruga Bay at a depth of about 20 km.

http://search.japantimes.co.jp/cgi-bin/nn20110802x4.html

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Mon Aug-01-11 05:08 PM
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1. There have been in excess of 100 mag 6 or so quakes in Japan since the big one. nt

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