Magnitude 7.1 ‘aftershock’ quake hits Honshu, Japan

A magnitude Mw7.1 earthquake occurred offshore the east coast of Honshu, Japan on Apr. 7, an ‘aftershock’ of a more powerful Mw9.0 earthquake that devastated the same area on Mar. 11, 2011.The Japanese Meteorological Agency issued a local tsunami warning for Miyagi Prefecture after the Apr. 7 quake, with an expected wave height of up to two metres. The advisory was lifted 90 minutes after it was issued. No earthquake-generated waves were reported along the east coast of Japan.Catastrophe modeler RMS said in a statement there were “initial reports of several buildings being destroyed and power outages to over 3.5 million homes. Three fatalities have been attributed to this aftershock.”