TOKYO (XINHUA, AFP) - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 on Thursday (Aug 15) struck Japan's northern Aomori Prefecture, the same day a severe tropical storm slammed into the south bringing strong winds and torrential rain that claimed at least one life.. Read more at straitstimes.com.
TOKYO - An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 5.4 on Thursday struck Japan's northern Aomori Prefecture, the same day a severe tropical storm slammed into the south bringing strong winds and torrential rain that claimed at least one life.
Dramatic television footage showed violent winds uprooting trees, snapping lampposts and spinning pods on a ferris wheel. A 82-year-old man was confirmed dead after he fell in the sea in Hiroshima trying to moor his boat, a local government spokesman said. Meanwhile, Thursday's temblor which occurred at 2.33pm local time at a depth of 90km did not trigger a tsunami warning or advisory, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency .
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