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TOKYO — A series of earthquakes rattled Tokyo and
northeastern Japan on Wednesday evening but caused no apparent damage or injury
in the same region hit by last year's devastating tsunami.
The strongest was a magnitude 6.8 that struck off
Hokkaido island and generated a small tsunami. Some communities along the
northern Pacific coast advised residents to evacuate coastal homes.
A swelling of 20 centimeters (8 inches) was
observed in water at the port of Hachinohe in Aomori about an hour after the
tremor, with smaller changes seen elsewhere. The Meteorological Agency lifted
all tsunami advisories within about 90 minutes.
About 9 p.m. local time, a magnitude-6.1 quake
shook buildings in the capital. It was centered just off the coast of Chiba,
east of Tokyo, at a rather shallow 15 kilometers (9 miles) deep.
Narita International Airport briefly closed runways
for inspection but later resumed operation. Several local train services were
suspended for safety checks.
There were no abnormalities reported at nuclear power
plants after the two earthquakes, operators said. Nearly all of Japan's nuclear
plants are offline for safety inspections.
This past Sunday, Japan marked the first
anniversary of the massive magnitude-9.0 earthquake and tsunami that left some
19,000 people dead or missing, wreaked widespread damage along the northeastern
coast and triggered the worst nuclear accident since Chernobyl. Rebuilding has
yet to fully begin in many coastal communities.
Wednesday's temblors were considered aftershocks of
last year's massive quake, Meteorological Agency official Akira Nagai told a
news conference, warning residents to stay away from buildings already damaged
by it and the thousands of aftershocks since.
The town of Otsuchi in Iwate prefecture, where more
than 800 died in last year's tsunami, told residents to evacuate coastal
households as a precaution after Wednesday's quake, said prefectural disaster
management official Shinichi Motoyama. No damage or injury was reported, he
said.
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