WASHINGTON, July 18 (Reuters) - A 7.0 magnitude earthquake struck beneath the north Pacific Ocean 77 miles (123 km) east northeast of Iwaki, Japan at 0239 GMT at a depth of 25 miles(40 km), the U.S. Geological Survey reported on Friday.
The Japanese government issued a Tsunami alert for northeast Japan after the temblor, originally reported at magnitude 6.6. Iwaki is in northeastern Honshu, Japan.
Yin Xue, 10, who lost her right leg during the May 12 earthquake, is carried by her mother inside a lift at the Sichuan Limbs Maim Restoration Centre in Chengdu, Sichuan ...
