Strong aftershock hits northwestern Japan

By Staff

| Published: Tuesday, July 17, 2007, 17:15 [IST]

Tokyo, July 16: A strong aftershock with a preliminary magnitude of 5.6 hit the Niigata area of northwestern Japan, NHK public television said today.

There was no danger of a tsunami following the quake, the strongest of several aftershocks following a 6.8 magnitude quake earlier in the day.

Reuters