# Another quake hits Japan
**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-quake-hits-japan/577539
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share
**Created:** [April 7, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-quake-hits-japan/577539 "2011-04-07T16:51:55Z")
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### Author:  [@Omar\_Little](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omar_Little)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2011, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-quake-hits-japan/577539/1 "2011-04-07T16:51:55Z")
> **[Strong Earthquake Rattles Japan; Tsunami Warning Canceled](https://www.voanews.com/a/article--new-earthquake-hits-japan-tsunami-warning-issued-119402639/137628.html)**
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> 7.1 magnitude aftershock comes less than four weeks after Japan's northeast was devastated by a 9.0 quake
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> A powerful 7.1 magnitude aftershock has rocked a large portion of eastern Japan, less than four weeks after an even stronger quake left thousands of people dead and caused a nuclear power disaster.
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> Japan’s NHK television immediately broke into programming late Thursday night with news of the earthquake, which struck at at 11:32 in the evening, and to warn of a possible tsunami.
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> The announcer warns people near the coast to move immediately to higher ground. NHK also told people to stay away from buildings that were damaged by the 9.0 earthquake on March 11.
Those poor people.
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### Author:  [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2011, 4:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-quake-hits-japan/577539/2 "2011-04-07T16:56:01Z")
The tsunami warning has been cancelled.
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### Author:  [@jjimm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jjimm)
#### Post date: [April 7, 2011, 4:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/another-quake-hits-japan/577539/3 "2011-04-07T16:57:45Z")
Tsunami alert lifted (according to the Sun).