Quake in Japan

Quake jolts southern Japan, felt in Tokyo

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.9 jolted southern Japan on Wednesday, public broadcaster NHK said, with the tremor shaking buildings in the capital, Tokyo

Reuters,

3 September, 2013

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage and no tsunami warning was issued. The U.S. Geological Survey measured the quake with a magnitude of 6.5.

The quake was measured 400 km (250 miles) below the earth's surface about 580 km (360 miles) south of Tokyo, NHK said. Witnesses said it was felt along much of Japan's east coast.

Earthquakes are common in Japan, one of the world's most seismically active areas. Japan accounts for about 20 percent of the world's earthquakes of magnitude 6 or greater.

On March 11, 2011, the northeast coast was struck by a magnitude 9 earthquake, the strongest quake in Japan on record, and a massive tsunami. Those events triggered the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl a quarter of a century earlier.

Indonesia Earthquake: 6.5-Magnitude Quake Strikes Off Eastern Coast

A powerful 6.5-magnitude earthquake struck off eastern Indonesia on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey said, but no tsunami warning was issued.

The quake struck in waters near the Barat Daya islands in Maluku province, 411 kilometres (254 miles) east of Atambua and 425 kilometres south of Ambon, the USGS said. It was at a depth of 132 kilometres.

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M 6.0 Earthquake, 191km WSW of Bella Bella, Canada

Location: 131 miles (211 km) WNW of Port ... Show more

Posted 9 hours ago – U.S. Geological Survey

An earthquake with magnitude 6.0 occurred near Port Hardy, BC, Canada at 20:19:06.32 UTC on Sep 3, 2013. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.)