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8:50 PM (EDT) – The USGS Service is reporting a 6.9 magnitude earthquake near Eastern Honshu, Japan. The quake was registered at 7:43 P.M. EDT this evening at a depth of 10.3 km (6.4 miles). Its epicenter was reported approximately:
80 km (50 miles) SW of Morioka, Honshu, Japan
85 km (50 miles) SSE of Akita, Honshu, Japan
100 km (60 miles) NNW of Sendai, Honshu, Japan
390 km (240 miles) N of TOKYO, Japan
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June 13, 2008 at 9:03 pm
Kitsune
I hope there will be no casualties. Here is an interesting part though: “two nuclear power plants in the area were not damaged and continued to operate normally, according to The Associated Press.” Why nuclear plants again?