TOKYO: A strong earthquake has hit Japan’s eastern coast, closer to Tokyo than the massive quake that hit Friday, swaying buildings in the capital.
The US Geological Survey says the temblor had a magnitude of 6.2 and struck at 10:26 a.m. Sunday.
It was centered about 111 miles (179 kilometers) east of Tokyo, at a depth of 15.2 miles (24.5 kilometers).
Japan’s northeastern coast was battered Friday by a magnitude 8.9 quake, the largest on record in Japan, and an ensuing tsunami that washed over hundreds of miles (kilometers) of coastline, causing widespread destruction.
Japan has been rattled by more than 150 aftershocks since Friday’s massive quake that unleashed tsunami, killing at least 1300 people.
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