Earthquake slams Japan

A powerful earthquake struck central Japan’s west coast on Monday, triggering evacuations, knocking out power to thousands of homes and disrupting flights and rail services


RUSSIA
Tectonic plate movement
Sea of Japan (East Sea)
JAPAN
SOUTH KOREA
PACIFIC OCEAN
400km 250 miles


16:10 local time: Quake with magnitude of 7.6 in Noto peninsula triggers evacuation warnings in prefectures of Niigata, Toyama and Ishikawa


Epicentre
Niigata
Tokyo
Toyama
Ishikawa
Fukui
Chūbu region 
50km 30 miles


Sources: New York Times, Reuters, UPI
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