Japan Earthquake: Tsunami Wave Hits City

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A one-metre high tsunami wave has struck the city of Ishinomaki in northeastern Japan after a strong earthquake off the coast.

Buildings shook as far away as Tokyo after the tremor struck in the Pacific Ocean at a depth of 23 miles, with the epicentre 285 miles from the capital.

The earthquake had a preliminary magnitude of 7.3, the US Geological Survey said, adding that there was no risk of a widespread tsunami.

The tsunami hit Ishinomaki in Miyagi Prefecture, which was struck by a devastating earthquake and tsunami on March 11, 2011.

That quake triggered fuel-rod meltdowns at the Fukushima nuclear plant, causing radiation leakage, contamination of food and water and mass evacuations in the world's worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl in 1986.

Tokyo Electric Power Co, the operator of the Fukushima nuclear plant, reported no irregularities at its nuclear plants after the latest quake.

http://news.sky.com/story/1022016/japan-earthquake-tsunami-wave-hits-city


Awful news yet again for those people.
 

A one metre wave doesn't sound too bad. The tsunami warning's been lifted now.

It's just a coincidence the world's supposed to end in 2 weeks though.

Isn't it??
 
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