There were couple of earthquakes today in Japan. Here's a copy of the brief report. You can probably search for a more detail in depth one online.
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/05/07/japan-quake.htmlA strong earthquake struck off the coast of Japan early Thursday, the national meteorological agency said, waking up people 160 kilometres away in Tokyo.
Two people suffered minor injuries from falling furniture, public television broadcaster NHK reported. An 18-year-old man was hit when his stereo speakers fell onto his bed, and a 25-year-old man was hit by objects rattled off shelves.
There were no other immediate reports of injuries or damage from the magnitude 6.8 earthquake, NHK said. No tsunami warning was issued.
The earthquake occurred at 1:45 a.m. local time offshore at a depth of about 40 kilometres, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. The epicentre was about 160 kilometres northeast of Tokyo.
A second quake with a magnitude of 5.3 struck the same area about 30 minutes later, and more aftershocks could follow, Tamotsu Aketagawa, an official who monitors earthquakes for the country's meteorological agency, told the Associated Press.
"Since it was a very large-scale earthquake, we would expect to see some modest aftershocks," he said.
Japan is one of the most earthquake-prone countries in the world because it sits atop four tectonic plates. Tokyo has not been hit by a major quake since 1923, when 140,000 people died in the Great Kanto Earthquake.
Hey depyon, did you feel this earthquake yourself? Did you run for your life or see part of your life flashes by? Luckily this quake is off the coast of Japan, not inland.