Saturday, April 16, 2011

JAPAN:TOKYO 5.9 QUAKE-TOCHIGI..

16/04/2011-12.04pm



Tokyo digegar gempa 5.9 magnitud


2011/04/16

TOKYO: Satu gempa bumi kuat berukuran 5.9 magnitud menggegarkan tengah Tokyo di Tochigi jam 11.19 pagi tadi waktu tempatan, lapor Jabatan Meteorologi Jepun sebentar tadi. 

Bagaimanapun, tiada amaran tsunami dikeluarkan berikutan gempa terbabit dengan berita awal melaporkan beberapa bangunan turut bergegar.
Source:http://www.bharian.com.my/bharian/articles/Tokyodigegargempa5_9magnitud/Article

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M5.9 earthquake jolts Kanto region

Saturday 16th April, 11:30 AM JST

Tokyo-An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.9 jolted the Kanto region, surrounding Tokyo, Saturday morning, the Japan Meteorological Agency said.
The 11:19 quake measured upper 5 on the Japanese seismic intensity scale of 7 in Hokota, Ibaraki Prefecture, and lower 5 in several parts of Ibaraki, Tochigi and Saitama prefectures, according to the agency.
The epicenter of the quake was some 70 kilometers below the southern part of Tochigi Prefecture, the agency said.
No tsunami warning was issued.
Shinkansen bullet train services were suspended between Tokyo and Odawara, Kanagawa Prefecture, according to Central Japan Railway Co.
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Earthquake Information


Earthquake Information (Information on seismic intensity at each site)
Issued at 11:57 JST 16 Apr 2011

Occurred at (JST)Latitude
(degree)
Longitude
(degree)
DepthMagnitudeRegion Name
11:53 JST 16 Apr 201136.4N140.0E80 km3.4Tochigi-ken Nambu

source:http://www.jma.go.jp/en/quake/
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