6.8 Magnitude Earthquake Strikes Northeast Coast of Japan

by Rosemary Piser on August 19, 2011

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TOKYO—(ENEWSPF)—19 August 2011. A magnitude 6.8 earthquake struck off Japan’s northeast coast at 2:36 p.m. local time Friday according to Japan’s Meteorological Agency. The quake was centered about 300 kilometers northeast of Tokyo at a depth of 20 kilometers south of the area where the magnitude 9.0 earthquake struck March 11.