Tokyo, Japan experienced a 6.9 earthquake magnitude around 7:00 PM tonight according to the news. The Tokyo earthquake poses no tsunami possibilty according to authorities.
Japan is one of the world's places prone to earthquake, and experts believe Tokyo has a 90 percent chance of being hit by a major quake over the next 50 years.
There was a strong earthquake in Japan's capital Tokyo on Sunday. According to Associated Press news, there was no threat of a tsunami from the quake, which was centered at a depth of 188 miles (303 kilometers) in the Izu islands off the eastern coast of Japan, the U.S. Geological Survey said and USGS measured the quake at magnitude 7.1, while the Japan Meteorological Agency put it at 6.9. If you are interested, take a look at the link below, I have gathered some good sites or articles (more than 200) to get more information about the earthquake in Tokyo, general cause for the earthquakes in Tokyo, history of the earthquakes in Tokyo, some pictures and videos.
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