By Gang Phan | 04/09/2011 10:30 AM HKT

Japan warns of massive earthquake and volcanic explosion after the April 7 earthquake

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By Gang Phan | April 9, 2011 10:30 AM HKT

Japan's Meteorological Agency on Friday warned the country's 20 volcanoes has become alive due to the massive March 11 earthquake, and a study said earthquake over 9.0-magnitude might hit Japan.

Japan warns of massive earthquake and volcanic explosion after the April 7 earthquake
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Japan experienced another earthquake on April 11, exactly one month after the massive 9.0-magnitude quake that killed more than 11,000 people.

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The Agency said volcanic explosion occurred after earthquake several times in history and people should maintain vigilance against this tendency.

The number of earthquake above 6.0 M reached 77 on March. And 74 out of them occurred in quake-hit region, were aftershock. The number is 50 times over the same period last year.

The largest aftershock on April 7 hit Japan has killed 4 people, injured at least 166, and caused a power outage over 2.61 million households, according to Japan's police officials.  The Meteorological Agency warned aftershocks above 6.0 M like the April 7 earthquake probably would hit Japan again.

Meanwhile, quakes of the  country's 20 volcanoes occurred more frequently after the massive March 11 earthquake, especially, the Fuji, Hakone, and Aso-San.

Authorities in Japan on Friday announced a research findings which indicated chain earthquake over 9.0-magnitude might hit Japan and its offshore area.

A massive 9.0 magnitude earthquake hit off the northeastern coast of Japan on March 11, 2011, triggering a massive tsunami which caused alerts to go up along the pacific basin.

The National Police Agency reported at 10:00 a.m., April 8, the death toll rose to 12,731.  The number of reported missing declined to 14,706.

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Japan experienced another earthquake on April 11, exactly one month after the massive 9.0-magnitude quake that killed more than 11,000 people.
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A woman walks past snow-covered rubble in Minamisanriku Town, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan, after an earthquake and tsunami struck the area March 16, 2011.
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An elderly person has a meal at an evacuation centre in Kesennuma City, Miyagi Prefecture in northern Japan, after an earthquake and tsunami struck the area, March 13, 2011. Japan faces a growing humanitarian crisis on a scale not seen since World War Two after its devastating earthquake and tsunami left millions of people without water, electricity, homes or heat.
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Evacuees, who fled from the vicinity of Fukushima nuclear power plant, sleep at an evacuation center set in a gymnasium in Kawamata, Fukushima Prefecture in northern Japan, March 14, 2011, after an earthquake and tsunami struck the area. Japanese Prime Minister Naoto Kan said on Monday that the situation at a quake-damaged nuclear plant remained worrisome and that authorities were doing their utmost to prevent damage from spreading.
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A woman eats canned food at an evacuation center for earthquake and tsunami victims in Oshima island, northern Japan, March 27, 2011.
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Evacuees eat their meals at an evacuation shelter in Kesennuma, Miyagi Prefecture, twenty days after the area was devastated by a magnitude 9.0 earthquake and tsunami March 31, 2011.
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Japan's Crown Prince Naruhito (L) and Crown Princess Masako (R) talk with evacuees from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami at a gymnasium, currently an evacuation center, inside Ajinomoto stadium in Chofu, western Tokyo April 6, 2011. The couple visited the evacuation center to encourage the evacuees, who are mainly from Fukushima prefecture.
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Women search for clothes at an evacuation center for people affected by the explosion of the nuclear plant after the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, at the Big Palette Fukushima convention center in Koriyama, Fukushima prefecture, northern Japan April 5, 2011. The operator of Japan's crippled nuclear power plant started paying "condolence money" on Tuesday to victims of the worst nuclear crisis since Chernobyl while it kept pouring radioactive water into the sea.
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A man takes a nap at an evacuation center in Koriyama, Fukushima Prefecture, northern Japan, April 1, 2011, located about 70 km (44 miles) from the earthquake and tsunami-crippled nuclear reactor.
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