Another 7.1 Magnitude Earthquake Hits Japan

A 7.4 magnitude earthquake has hit the coast of Japan, and authorities had issued a tsunami warning for the country's northeastern coast, which was already ravaged by last month's devastating quake and tsunami.   They appear to backed off onthe tsunami warning.

The warning was for a tsunami of as much as four feet, NBC News reported.

The quake hit 73 miles from Fukushima, where workers are still trying to contain the damage and radiation at the nuclear plant, and 207 miles from Tokyo, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Update on Thursday, April 7, 2011 at 1:23PM by Rick C.Limpert

* Update:  This quake is the strongest of the hundreds of aftershocks that have shaken Japan since the magnitude 9.0 quake on March 11.

Tokyo Electric Power Company (Tepco) says that the quake hasn’t caused any further damage to the Daiichi nuclear power plant, but all workers have been temporarily evacuated from the facilities. There were no injuries reported.