EARTHQUAKES have struck a Japanese region for the second time this year, leaving houses destroyed and residents injured.
A magnitude-5.9 temblor hit the northern top of the Noto Peninsula, known for its beautiful coastal scenery, on Monday morning.
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The quake was followed minutes later by a 4.9-magnitude tremor, and then several smaller quakes within the next two hours, said the Japan Meteorological Agency.
Japan’s north-central region of Ishikawa was still recovering from a powerful quake on January 1 when shakes began again today.
Five houses damaged in the January 1 quake collapsed this morning in Wajiima city, as a quake alarm in the town of Tsubata – about 60 miles southwest of the epicentre – surprised a resident in her 60s.
The woman fell from her bed and suffered an injury which was not life-threatening, according to prefectural officials.
Today’s quakes are believed to be aftershocks of January’s magnitude-7.6 earthquake, said JMA seismology and tsunami official Satoshi Harada.
The official urged people to be cautious, particularly near buildings that were earlier damaged.
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