READ MORE: 2011/03/12 04:58 - Latest Temblor An Interplate Quake: Meteorological Agency: "'There aren't many instances in which such a large earthquake occurs right after a magnitude 7-class quake,' said an official at the agency. 'This is a highly unusual case.'
The agency warns that aftershocks registering around magnitude 7 could take place over the next month.
Major quakes have occurred off the coast of Miyagi Prefecture about every 40 years, the previous being a magnitude 7.4 temblor in 1978. Government experts had expected that one registering between 7.5 and 8 would hit, but the latest packed a wallop of magnitude 8.8"
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