Aftershock rattles quake-devastated region of Japan
A strong earthquake today shook an area in northern Japan still recovering from last month’s magnitude-6.8 quake, the Meteorological Agency said. The latest tremor sent residents dashing under tables, and led to at least one injury.
A magnitude 5.2 jolt, an aftershock to last month’s quake, struck at 8.57am (11.57pm yesterday Irish time) and was centred 12 miles below the earth’s surface in a rural part of Niigata prefecture (state) about 160 miles north of Tokyo.
