{"id":1380,"date":"2011-03-13T12:02:24","date_gmt":"2011-03-13T12:02:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=1380"},"modified":"2011-03-13T12:02:24","modified_gmt":"2011-03-13T12:02:24","slug":"another-strong-quake-rattles-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2011\/03\/13\/1380\/","title":{"rendered":"Another strong quake rattles Japan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; float: right;\" alt=\"earthquake_00\" src=\"images\/stories\/news\/earthquake_00.jpg\" width=\"256\" height=\"195\" \/>A powerful earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale has struck the coast of Honshu in eastern Japan.<br \/>The quake struck at 8:24 a.m. local time on Sunday (2324 GMT on Saturday), according to the US Geological Survey.<\/div>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The epicenter was monitored at 37.9813 degrees north latitude and 141.8492 degrees east longitude, with a depth of 24.8 kilometers (14 miles), the Xinhua news agency reported.<br \/>The quake was followed by a 6.6-magnitude aftershock two minutes later.<br \/>Japan is still conducting rescue operations in the aftermath of Friday&#8217;s 8.9-magnitude earthquake, which triggered a 23-foot (7-meter) tsunami and over 50 aftershocks, with many measuring more than 6.0 on the Richter scale.<br \/>There are concerns that the death toll from the catastrophic earthquake could exceed 1,800.<br \/>The strong tremor has left millions of people in the quake-stricken area without water, gas, and electricity.<br \/>The quake struck at 2:46 p.m. local time (0546 GMT) on Friday and its epicenter was monitored at about 373 kilometers (231 miles) from the capital Tokyo, with a depth of 32 kilometers (20 miles).<br \/>The temblor triggered a seven-meter (23-foot) tsunami and was followed by over 50 aftershocks over the next few hours, with many measuring more than 6.0 on the Richter scale.<br \/>On Friday, Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan pledged that the government would do all it can to rescue the survivors of the disaster.<br \/>The Japanese islands are located in an area that is the convergence point for several continental and oceanic plates. Because of Japan&#8217;s location on an active plate zone, the country has had a long history of serious quakes.<br \/>The worst earthquake to hit Japan was the 8.3-magnitude Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, which killed 100,000 people.<br \/>In 1995, the city of Kobe was hit by a powerful earthquake that killed 6,000 and injured nearly half a million residents.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: Press TV<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A powerful earthquake measuring 6.3 on the Richter scale has struck the coast of Honshu in eastern Japan.The quake struck at 8:24 a.m. local time on Sunday (2324 GMT on Saturday), according to the US Geological Survey.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1380","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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