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Earthquake hits Japan
www.chinaview.cn 2005-11-16 10:25:16

    HONG KONG, Nov. 16 (Xinhuanet) -- An earthquake measuring 6.1 on the Richter scale rocked east coast of Honshu of Japan at 3:26 a.m. local time Wednesday, according to the Hong Kong Observatory.

    The epicenter was initially determined to be 33.4 north latitude, 141.3 east longitude, about 300 kilometers south-southeast of Tokyo. Enditem
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