Large earthquake hits Japan

An large earthquake of magnitude 7.1 struck off the west coast of Japan's largest island, Honshu on Sunday 25th March 2007. A tsunami warning was also issued. See http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/6492473.stm for more information and http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/6492931.stm for pictures from the earthquake.