Um forte terremoto de magnitude 7.0 Richter chacoalhou o leste e o nordeste do Japão, mas não há relatos de vítimas ou danos, tampouco alarme de tsunami.
O terremoto atingiu 4 pontos na escala que mede a movimentação do solo, no centro deTóquio, Fukushima e regiões próximas, segundo a agência meteorológica japonesa.
Segundo a Tokyo Electric Power não houve relatos de anormalidades na usina nuclear danificada Fukushima Daiichi.
A operação de alguns trens de alta velocidade no norte do Japão foi suspensa, mas logo retomadas.
O terremoto de 7,0 Richter, à profundidade de cerca de 217 milhas, foi registrado perto das ilhas Torishima, no sul, cerca de 1.118 milhas e sudeste de Tóqui, às 05h27 GMT.
O Centro de Alerta de Tsunamis do Pacífico, localizado no Havaí, não emitiu nenhum alerta após o terremoto nas Ilhas Izu, ao sul-sudoeste de Hachijo-jima.
A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.0 jolted eastern and northeastern Japan but there were no immediate reports of injuries or damage and no tsunami warning was issued.
The earthquake, measured 4 in central Tokyo, Fukushima and the surrounding areas on the Japanese intensity scale which measures ground motion, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency, which uses a different measuring system than the US Geological Survey.
A spokesman for Tokyo Electric Power said there were no reports of any abnormalities at the tsunami-crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plan following the quake.
Some high-speed train services in northern Japan were suspended after the earthquake, but soon resumed operations, Kyodo news reported.
The 7.0 magnitude earthquake, at a depth of about nearly 217 miles, was recorded near the southern islands of Torishima some 1118 miles southeast of Tokyo at 0527 GMT, the US Geological Survey reported.
The Hawaii-based US Pacific Tsunami Warning Centre has not issued a tsunami warning following the earthquake located south-southwest of Hachijo-jima in the Izu islands.
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