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Wed, 04/06/2011 - 21:44
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Seabed moved 24 meters near Japan quake's focus in Pacific+
TOKYO, April 6 Kyodo -
The seabed near the focus of a devastating earthquake that struck northeastern Japan last month has moved about 24 meters east-southeast and risen about 3 meters, a Japan Coast Guard survey showed Wednesday.
The crustal movement on the seabed, measured around 130 kilometers off the Oshika Peninsula in Miyagi Prefecture, was more than four times the movement of the peninsula itself -- east-southeast by 5.3 meters -- which was measured by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan.
The survey also showed a point about 40 km toward the coast from the focus of the March 11 maginitude-9.0 quake has moved about 15 meters east-southeast, according to the officials.
The coast guard, which maps marine geography for navigational use, tallied the data based on readings at its seabed observation points.
==Kyodo
The seabed near the focus of a devastating earthquake that struck northeastern Japan last month has moved about 24 meters east-southeast and risen about 3 meters, a Japan Coast Guard survey showed Wednesday.
The crustal movement on the seabed, measured around 130 kilometers off the Oshika Peninsula in Miyagi Prefecture, was more than four times the movement of the peninsula itself -- east-southeast by 5.3 meters -- which was measured by the Geospatial Information Authority of Japan.
The survey also showed a point about 40 km toward the coast from the focus of the March 11 maginitude-9.0 quake has moved about 15 meters east-southeast, according to the officials.
The coast guard, which maps marine geography for navigational use, tallied the data based on readings at its seabed observation points.
==Kyodo
