Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 1:59 pm
Posted: Nov. 15, 2006 15:36
8.1 magnitude earthquake hit the Kuril Islands north of Japan
Tokyo, JP (AP) -- Japan's Meteorological Agency issued a
tsunami warning after an earthquake with preliminary
magnitude 8.1 hit the Kuril Islands north of Japan.
The quake struck about 390 kilometers east of the
Etorofu islands north of Japan at 1115 GMT, according
to the agency.
A tsunami of about two meters (6.5 feet) or more could
hit the Pacific coast of Japan's northernmost island of Hokkaido
and main island of Honshu after 1210 GMT, the agency said.
The agency told residents along Japan's Pacific coast
to flee to higher ground
Source: http://tinyurl.com/ycpwdl