A magnitude 7.2 earthquake struck northeastern Japan on Thursday morning, according to initial reports. The quake follows a magnitude 6.9 event off eastern Japan reported earlier Thursday, as well as a devastating 7.2–7.5 sequence in Venezuela overnight.
A magnitude 7.2 earthquake was felt in northeastern Japan on Thursday morning, according to a single source report. The quake comes hours after a magnitude 6.9 event off eastern Japan, which The Zioneer reported at 01:53 Jerusalem in a SAME-THREAD bulletin. No tsunami warning has been reported for this event yet, and there are no immediate reports of damage or casualties. The sequence of strong quakes in the Pacific Rim follows a devastating 7.1–7.2–7.5 earthquake cluster that struck Venezuela overnight, triggering a tsunami warning for Puerto Rico, as The Zioneer earlier covered. The US Geological Survey has not yet issued an assessment for the Japan event.
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