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Last Update: Wednesday, March 28, 2007. 10:36am (AEST)

Earthquake jolts central Japan coast

An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 4.8 has jolted the west coast
of central Japan, Japan's Meteorological Agency said.
It struck at 8:08am local time in the Noto peninsula, 300 kilometres west of
Tokyo, three days after a powerful earthquake in the same area killed one
person, injured over 200 and destroyed hundreds of homes.
No tsunami warning has been issued and there were no immediate reports of
fresh injuries or damage.

There have been hundreds of aftershocks since Sunday's quake, which had a
magnitude of 6.9.
The focus of Wednesday's tremor was 10 kilometres below ground level on the
peninsula.
It was moderately strong on the Japanese intensity scale, which measures
ground motion, measuring lower 5 on a scale of 7.
Earthquakes are common in Japan, one of the world's most seismically active
areas.
The country accounts for about 20 per cent of the world's earthquakes of
magnitude 6 or greater.
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Many other earthquakes as well these days, gje.

Bye,
Skybuck.