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Separate 7.4 And 6.6 Magnitude Quakes Strike Simultaneously Off Japans Coast

September 29, 2007

Two strong earthquakes struck close together south of Japan on Friday, but no tsunami warning was issued and no damages were reported, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.

The first quake struck with a 6.6 magnitude at 10:41 p.m. local time. It was centered in the Pacific Ocean 930 miles south of Tokyo off Iwo Jima. At virtually the same time a 7.4 magnitude earthquake struck off the Mariana Islands, agency officials said.

Residents of northeastern towns on Japans main island of Honshu reported they felt slight shaking from the first quake.

The Mariana quake was initially measured by the Hawaiian Volcano Observatory Network as a 4.1 quake off the Big Island before officials realized they were measuring shocks from the Mariana Island event. The Mariana quake occurred some 172 miles under the oceans surface and was centered about 14 miles north and 89 miles east of the Mariana Islands.

Japan has more earthquakes than any other area of the earth because it sits atop four tectonic plates that shift and move. The Mariana Islands are about 1,500 miles south of Tokyo.

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