Japan Shaken Hard by Magnitude 8.9 Quake

Eastern Japan has been affected by what some are already saying is the worst natural disaster to hit Japan in over 100 years. In what has been a series of very large earthquakes to strike the Honshu area of Japan over the last few days, this massive M8.9 trembler has devastated much of the northeastern area of Japan.

Tokyo, the capitol city of Japan, has lost power to more than four million homes, offices, and stores. Injury estimates are still being assessed, but the AP has confirmed over 140 deaths and 350 people missing. These figures are expected to rise dramatically over the next several days.

Over the last several days this region of Japan has been shaken by several large to very large to devastating sized earthquakes. In fact there have been at least 100+ quakes over M4.5 in the last 48 hours.

The quake on march 9th was said to cause little to no significant damage or injuries.

	Mag	Date/Time	Lat	Lon	Depth	Region
MAP	7.2	2011/03/09 02:45:20	38.424	142.836	32.0	NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

MAP

6.1

2011/03/09 18:16:15

38.378

142.506

22.0

NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

MAP

6.0

2011/03/09 18:44:35

38.502

143.199

23.0

OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

MAP	6.8	2011/03/11 06:15:40	36.186	141.192	35.0	NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP	6.4	2011/03/11 06:07:22	36.401	141.862	35.4	NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP	6.4	2011/03/11 06:06:11	39.025	142.316	25.1	NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP	8.9	2011/03/11 05:46:24	38.322	142.369	24.4	NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

MAP	6.3	2011/03/11 06:57:15	35.758	140.992	30.2	NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP	6.3	2011/03/11 06:48:47	37.993	142.764	22.3	OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP	7.1	2011/03/11 06:25:51	38.106	144.553	19.7	OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

MAP	6.1	2011/03/11 07:28:12	36.802	141.911	24.0	NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP	6.1	2011/03/11 07:25:33	37.916	144.621	15.0	OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP	6.3	2011/03/11 07:14:59	36.648	141.811	25.0	NEAR THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

MAP	5.5	2011/03/11 16:11:27	39.463	143.577	9.2	OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP	5.3	2011/03/11 16:04:53	39.236	144.320	25.5	OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP	5.0	2011/03/11 15:55:23	36.626	142.162	24.8	OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN
MAP	5.0	2011/03/11 15:50:59	37.409	142.217	24.9	OFF THE EAST COAST OF HONSHU, JAPAN

http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eqinthenews/

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