Earthquake shakes Northern Japan
by
Breaking Tweets
June 04, 2009
Per Yahoo! Japan, a 6.3-magnitude earthquake shook Northern Japan at 12:30 p.m. local time on Friday. The epicenter was in Tokachi-oki and the quake was felt strongly in nearby Hokkaido and Sapporo, Japan. Per the map provided by Yahoo, it does not appear Tokyo felt the quake.
@Kuma provided the first tweet on the quake. It was soon followed by these tweets from the affected area:
@Kuma
Kuma (Sapporo, Japan) earthquake ichinald (Japan) 結構揺れたんですね、北海道方面。みなさん大丈夫かな? http://www.jma.go.jp/jp/quake/ (I shook me, towards Hokkaido. Is it safe to you?) hakujin (Aomori, Japan) I felt it here! RT @mrsalbrechtRT @ActionCentral 6.4-MAG EARTHQUAKE STRIKES HOKKAIDO, JAPAN, SAYS @USGS
told
@BreakingTweets
that there
was “No problems in Sapporo.. just some minor rumbling.” @nobonne of Sapporo reported feeling “dizzy” after the quake.
Tags: Japan , Earthquake , Natural Disaster , Asia , Twitter





