Japan Panel Urges Quake Readiness After M7.2 Iwate Tremor Hits Upper 6
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Updated · NHK WORLD · Jun 26
Japan Panel Urges Quake Readiness After M7.2 Iwate Tremor Hits Upper 6
3 articles · Updated · NHK WORLD · Jun 26
Summary
A Japanese government earthquake panel urged people in northern Japan to prepare after a magnitude 7.2 quake struck off Iwate on Thursday.
The committee convened an extraordinary meeting as it said seismic activity is intensifying, with the quake occurring near the western edge of the focal area of a 1994 magnitude 7.6 temblor.
Obara Kazushige, the panel's chair, said it is hard to say the latest tremor will trigger a major quake soon, but argued the risk could gradually rise as activity continues.
Hashikami in Aomori Prefecture recorded upper 6 on Japan's 0-to-7 seismic intensity scale, underscoring the strength of the shaking in the north.