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Five injured after quake hits Japan
by Staff Writers
Tokyo (AFP) April 9, 2018

Strong quake rattles Papua New Guinea
Sydney (AFP) April 7, 2018 - A powerful 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck a remote part of Papua New Guinea on Saturday, US seismologists said, but there were no immediate reports of damage.

The quake struck at a depth of 10 kilometres (6.2 miles) some 195 kilometres west of the town of Mount Hagen, the US Geological Survey said.

Much of the Pacific nation is mountainous and remote, meaning it often takes days for information about damage from natural disasters to reach officials and aid agencies.

The country's rugged highlands region was hit by a 7.5-magnitude quake on February 26 that buried homes and triggered landslides, killing at least 125 people.

There are regular earthquakes in Papua New Guinea, which sits on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire -- a hotspot for seismic activity due to friction between tectonic plates.

A 5.6-magnitude quake hit western Japan early Monday, injuring five people and damaging buildings and roads, as officials warned stronger tremors could come in the days ahead.

The shallow tremor was gauged as magnitude 5.6 by the US Geological Survey and 6.1 by Japan's meteorological agency on the Richter scale.

It rocked the west of the main island of Honshu, 96 kilometres (60 miles) north of Hiroshima, at 1:32am (1632 GMT Sunday).

The Japanese agency urged residents to stay vigilant.

"We want the areas that experienced strong tremors to be on guard in the coming week or so against quakes that could be as powerful as the upper five," agency official Toshiyuki Matsumori told a news conference, referring to a Japanese seismic scale with a maximum intensity of seven.

An upper five on Japan's Shindo scale refers to tremors that make it difficult to walk without holding onto something.

Strong aftershocks could continue for two to three days, Matsumori said, and several strong tremors have already been felt in the region hit by the initial quake.

Five people were hurt in the quake, including a 17-year-old boy who broke his leg after falling from his bed, but no life-threatening injuries were reported.

Around 100 households lost water in Oda City, prompting troops to send trucks to set up makeshift water supply stations.

Damage to some buildings and roads were also reported.

No problems were reported at the nearby Shimane nuclear power station, which has been offline for a checkup.

Japan sits on the so-called Pacific "Ring of Fire" where a large proportion of the world's earthquakes and volcanic eruptions are recorded.

A devastating magnitude 9.0 quake -- which struck under the Pacific Ocean on March 11, 2011 -- and a resulting tsunami caused widespread damage and claimed the lives of thousands of people.


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Moderately strong quake off southern Philippines
Manila (AFP) April 5, 2018
A moderately strong 5.9-magnitude earthquake struck at sea off the main southern Philippine island of Mindanao on Thursday, the US Geological Survey said, though local authorities said they did not expect any damage. The quake was recorded shortly before midday (0353 GMT) with the epicentre at 45 kilometres (28 miles) southeast of the town of Tarragona, the USGS added. The Philippine Institute of Volcanology and Seismology, which separately measured it at 6.0, said the quake was felt in the Mind ... read more

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